shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
sharply; harshly; stingingly
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to send or direct a person to
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to not believe one's ears
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
speech and conduct; words and deeds
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
life and death; life or death
one revolution; one rotation
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
decrease; reduction; decline
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is