to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
samurai; warrior; military family
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
armed forces; military; troops
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to be infected; to be contagious
second (unit of time); arc second
three days and three nights
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)
outline; summary; gist; in brief
third stage; three stages
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to name; to call; to christen; to term
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
thought; consideration; thinking
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
man; male; masculine gender