to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to brush off; to shake off
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
that is to say; so that means
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
complete stranger; total stranger
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
coloured clothes (colored)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to iron; to do the ironing
manners; behavior; behaviour
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
remembrance; recollection; recognition
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to say no more; to sink into silence
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on