difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
hard worker; hardworking person
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to squeeze out; to wring out
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
and yet; though; when; in spite of
such; like that; in that way
I have nothing to do with it
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
true character; real nature
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
regret; repentance; remorse
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention