getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
choices; alternatives; options
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
guard; sentinel; garrison
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
shellfish; seashell; shell
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
school building; schoolhouse
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to stop walking; to pause
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake