loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
personal affair; one's own affair
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
sword skills; swordsmanship
in the same way as; just like
to attempt; to test; to try out
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to remove; to move out of the way
to be able to manage somehow or another
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
stealthily; secretly; in secret
like this; this sort; this way
form; shape; figure; visage
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize