foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
beginning of the world; creation
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
omniscience and omnipotence
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to cause to swell; to inflame
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to become distant; to recede
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to wring the neck; to strangle
being argued into silence; being left speechless
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan