inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to be found; to be discovered
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to erase all trace of something
starting point; starting line
very likely; very probable
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
dragon-slaying; Kawasaki Ki-45 (WWII heavy fighter aircraft)
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash