plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
side table; bedside table
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Scotch; Scotch whisky; Scotch tweed
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
world situation; world affairs
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
(punishment by) striking with fists
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over