stepping back; drawing back
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to change the position of
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to slide down; to slip down
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
naked eye; the physical eye
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
divide into four pieces; one fourth
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to push away; to push aside; to shove
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to crack; to develop a crack
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate