scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
naval port; naval station
town; city; municipal; urban
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
street; quarter; district; area
fully armed; armed to the teeth
dozens; scores of; decades
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
tradition; legend; folklore
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
complete change; about-face
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
motherland; fatherland; native country
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia