To foreshadow; to describe in an incomplete way（予示する、漠然と表現する）

→“What happened in this town 50 years ago distantly adumbrates the present state of racial tension.”

→“The child adumbrated what he had witnessed at the police station.”

To deceive or trick（騙す、はめる）

→“I am smarter now. You can’t bamboozle me this time.”

→“The corrupt detective bamboozled his ex-girlfriend with a framed theft charge.”

To flow down in large quantities（多量に流れ落ちる）

→“I was quite impressed by the way Niagara Falls cascaded down the cliff.”

→“When she took off the hat, her beautiful hair cascaded down her back.”

Unexpected, often negative, consequences（予想しなかった悪い結末）

→“The energy company decided to keep operating the nuclear power plant despite the recent crisis fallout.”

→“The leader is taking steps to prevent fallout of the latest scandal.”

With a stress on; using a lot of（～に重点を置いた、～をたくさん使用する）

→“Ms. Yamamoto’s English test is heavy on grammatical correctness.”

→“This air conditioner is heavy on electricity.”

A point where no further move is possible due to disagreement; stalemate（行き詰まり）

→“The Middle East peace talks are at an impasse.”

→“The impasse over the US debt limit tested the patience of investors worldwide.”

Legitimate; authentic（正当な、正真正銘の）

→“I would only be interested in a deal that is fair and kosher.”

→“Are you sure your business practice is kosher?”

The center of something（何かの中心）

→“Wall Street is the locus of US economy.”

→“In the American political system the locus of power is evenly split between the White House and Congress.”

To appease（なだめる）

→“The mother gave the crying child a lollypop to mollify him.”

→“The government fired the unpopular minister in order to mollify the protesters.”

Domineering; oppressive; pushy; overwhelming（高圧的、押しつけがましい）

→“She turned down his marriage proposal. She says she could not stand his overbearing manner.”

→“The United Nations has determined that the nation has been overbearing in its trade disputes with the neighboring countries.”

A minor offense or vice（些細な悪い行為や欠点）

→“The president has been caught in several peccadillos, but the public forgave him each time.”

→“His peccadillo is that he covets shoes, compulsively buying new ones that appear on the market.”

(As verb) To make right something that is unfair or wrong（是正する）

→“The harm is done. There is nothing you can do to redress the situation.”

→“After Apartheid was finally abolished, the South African government tried hard to redress the balance for the black people.”

(As noun) Compensation（補償金）

→“The disaster victims got redress for their financial losses.”

→“The kid next door broke our window and I had to take his parents to court for redress.”

Immoral; ugly and unpleasant（非道徳的な、醜く不快な）

→“She decided to break the engagement when she discovered her fiancé’s sordid past.”

→“This film is a sordid tale of an orphaned girl.”