largish; biggish; a little bit larger
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
unprecedented; never seen before
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
under control (e.g. of territory)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
on the occasion of; at the time of
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...