turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to see through; to see the true nature of something
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to fall on one's backside
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
with a start; with a jump
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
in proportion to; just as much as
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since