credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
tradition; legend; folklore
very much; extremely; greatly
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
willpower; energy; vitality
though one didn't intend (expect) to
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
to invite in; to show someone in
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
Möbius strip; Moebius strip
hiding one's embarrassment
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
verbal message; word (from someone)
remarkable; striking; obvious
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound