reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
obedience; submission; resignation
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
wound suffered in a fight
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
doing whatever one pleases
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
profitable plan; good plan
fair and square; open and aboveboard
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
violent explosion; bursting
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
diversion; putting something to another use
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor