shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
personal affair; one's own affair
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
quarrel; dispute; argument
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
observation; survey; watching
guess; speculation; supposition
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
drop (e.g. of water); drip
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
physical condition; state of health
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful