to open up a lead (over one's opponent)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
(for one's stomach) to rumble
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
waste meat; meat scraps; offal
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
upper reaches of a river; upstream
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
putting one's courage to the test
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
living in a group; communal living; community life
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
there being no backing out; gone too far to retreat