intimidation; threat; bluster
(find) common (meeting) ground
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to sit down; to take a seat
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to appear in the newspaper
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
settlement out of court; private settlement
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
chief; main; principal; important
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point