ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
(there is) no sign (of); leaving no trace; nowhere to be seen
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to hurry (someone to do); to hasten; to urge; to press; to rush
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear