knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
unidentifiable; unidentified
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
person concerned; interested party; related party
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product