to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to breathe while sleeping
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
personal grudge; personal enmity
business ability; business acumen
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; (arch.) second marriage; (arch.) remarriage
debt collection; debt collector
promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
aggressor; assailant; invader
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
natural environment; (the) environment
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
guess; conjecture; surmise
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
accursed; damned; blasted
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
protracted war; war of attrition
day of month; counter for days
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
breakdown of negotiations
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
discipline; training; teaching manners
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
magic sword; cursed sword
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
art of self-defense (defence)
laser beam; fast and straight return toss from outfield
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card