ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
valuable article; valuables
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
fuel filler opening; tank pipe opening
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
from the viewpoint of; according to
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic