tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
behind; in the rear; in back
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
one's physical safety; personal security
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
everything; anything; nothing
to come back; to bloom a second time
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
personal combat; one-to-one fight
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
manly; masculine; like a man
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)