pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
understood; I see; OK; present; here
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
even if; even though; however; no matter how
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
and yet; though; when; in spite of
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing