slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
process; course; mechanism
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to pause; to have a short intermission
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
eccentric; crank; oddball
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
language construct; entity
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
I have nothing to do with it
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
engaging or meshing (of gears); occlusion (of teeth)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force