only recently; just of late
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
trivial; not amounting to much
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to return a favor (favour); to repay
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
difference; discrepancy; variation
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
oilily; slimily; slipperily
to trample down; to devastate
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
shoulder strap (on a dress)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
chopping board; cutting board
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest