to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
to become misty; to become hazy
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
wound (suffered in a fight)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
strict order; peremptory command
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
quarantine; medical inspection