one way or the other; either way
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to smoke animal out of its den
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
frame; framework; outline
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
beforehand; in advance; previously
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
other side; opposite side; other party
to jump at; to be attracted by
to make merry; to be festive
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
grip (of hand); grip strength
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation