confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
what do you want?; can I help you?
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
rather; better; instead; if anything
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to squeeze out; to wring out
two times; twice; two degrees
meaning; significance; sense
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
intelligence; intellect; brains
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
enemy territory; hostile place
right in the center (centre)
choices; alternatives; options
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
coincident with; while; simultaneously
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to move forward; to move on
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
all that one has; all that there is; the whole