very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
to call each other; to call out to one another
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
arbitration; intercession; mediation
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to wring the neck; to strangle
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
although I say; although one might say; although called