easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to sprout; to put forth buds
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to fall from heaven (the sky)
magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
disadvantageous; long (odds)
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
balance ball; exercise ball; Swiss ball
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
main; principal; chief; primary; major