to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
branch road; branch path; fork road
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
sabre-toothed tiger (prehistoric feline, esp. the species Smilodon fatalis); saber-toothed tiger
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
head start; initiative; preemption
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
sword; blade; single stroke
one's assessment of the situation
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to die on the battlefield
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
exploitation; overuse; abuse
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered