no-good man; (male) loser
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
self-defense; self-defence
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to fall ill; to be taken ill
medical care; medical treatment
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
variation; rogue (something)