provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
one more time; once more; once again
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
dragon-head gargoyle; gutter spout
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
establishment; settlement
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
reason; cause; circumstances
danger; peril; hazard; risk
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
there's no smoke without fire
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
so what!; who gives a damn?
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to thrust away; to send flying
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to shout (in anger); to yell
intercept; interception; counter-attack
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
property; fortune; assets
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
automatic; intransitive verb