barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
point in question (at issue)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
though one didn't intend (expect) to
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
cookware; cooking utensil
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season