isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
surroundings; environs; circumference
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to live; to reside; to inhabit
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
long time; long interval; for quite some time
that's the way it is; such is life
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to rebuke; to scold harshly
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to entwine; to follow about
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy