tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
resignation; acceptance; consolation
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
comparatively; relatively
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
still; even now; to this day
just because; even if; even though
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
level; standard; water level
to make sense; to be meaningful
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
six (long cylindrical things)
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation