left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
winner-takes-all (system)
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
physical condition; state of health
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
seventh day of the month; seven days
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to cause someone to worry
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to