curious onlookers; rubbernecks
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
chatter mark (machine tools)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
mechanism; organization; organisation
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
isolation; being alone; being friendless
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
smallish; on the small side
to get strong; to gain strength
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
all times and places; all ages and countries
to be absorbed in reading
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
downstairs neighbour (neighbor); subordinate
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
beyond one's means or position
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
motive power; driving force
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation