crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
reduction by half; halving
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
private; exclusive; secret
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
front; frontage; facade; main
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
preservation; retainment; keeping
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
many; much; plenty; hardly
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
chink in the armor (armour)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
and; AND (Boolean operator)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)