you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
river; stream; River; the ... river
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
and yet; though; when; in spite of
when it becomes; when it comes to
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
reigning; controlling; dictating
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to