favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
girl; lass; young thing; chick
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
preparations for a journey
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to affect; to impact; to influence
with a bump; with a clunk
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos