unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)
troublesome; annoying; complicated
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back
superiority complex; sense of superiority
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
house; dwelling; human habitation
edge of the eaves; house frontage
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
in the end; after all is said and done
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor