vengeance; revenge; retaliation
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
reduction; diminution; abatement
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
depression; low spirits; dejection
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
whole nation; whole land; whole country
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie
natural virtue; personal virtue
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of