rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
war; battle; match; game; competition
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
ill will; malice; evil intent
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
courteous; decorous; polite
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to get hungry; to become hungry
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
commencing with; including
personal history; background; career
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback