to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
unprecedented; never seen before
to talk; to chat; to chatter
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
murder; killing; murderer
to do someone in; to bump someone off
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
true character; true heart; true spirit
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
Cygnus (constellation); the Swan
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
double star; visual double
naked eye; the physical eye
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to pick up; to find; to gather
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to bridge (e.g. cultural divides, technical differences, etc.); to bring together
with these words; while saying
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)