sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to be able to manage somehow or another
to smash; to break into pieces
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to spend time (on doing something)
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
with a start; with a jump
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
simply put; putting it simply; in short
flash (of light); glint; schiller
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to close (one's eyes); to shut
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to jump at; to be attracted by
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to crouch; to squat; to cower
near; close; beside; third person
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon