basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
locker room; changing room; dressing room
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
such; like that; that sort of; very
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all