to suppress one's emotions
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to be silent; to say nothing
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
biological older sister; real elder sister
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
this is why; this means; it is the case that
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
choices; alternatives; options
-less; lacking; non-existing
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to be surprised; to be astonished
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
separation; farewell; parting
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
temporary truce; ceasefire
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more