deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from victory (or success, etc.)
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
assertion; declaration; affirmation
eye for people; ability to judge character
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
sales promotion; hard selling
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
older brother and younger sister
talking while standing; standing around talking
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
one lump; one body; one group
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
group suicide; mass suicide; arranged suicide of two or more people
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to revere; to respect; to worship
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal