to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
discipline; training; teaching manners
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
your husband; her husband
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
(someone else's) daughter
even though; despite; when
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
depravity; corruption; degradation
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
since when; from when; how long
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
suffix appended to somebody else's family members