trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to roll about; to writhe about
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to cut corners; to be shoddy
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
place to die; place of death
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
desperation; struggle to the death
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
tree surgeon (esp. for famous or old trees)
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
firmly; solidly; heartily
to be injured; to sustain a wound
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
sounding of a drum or hand drum; sound of drums; full (stomach); bursting
all around; as far as the eye can see
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus