boastful speech; bragging
minimum; at the very least
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to compete with; to vie for
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
opinion; intention; thought
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
too much; excessively; too
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
spirituality; spiritual nature
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
strong person; the strong; the powerful
treasure chest; strongbox
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
waste of time; killing time
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
possible; likely; probable
anything and everything; just about everything
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case