advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
snake; serpent; large snake
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
to head home; to leave for home
for dear life; barely escaping alive
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
level; even; flat; uneventful; peaceful; monotonous
simply; merely; only; solely
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
flood of emotions; many thoughts
to show one's affection; to express one's love
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
library (usu. single-room); small library
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
double; twice (as much); twofold
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
free (of charge); gratuitous
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)