commodore; brigadier general
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
duty; function; office; mission; task
on the occasion of; at the time of
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
right in the midst of; right at the height of
great man; hero; master mind
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
surely (not); certainly (not)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
forgetting; lapse of memory
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
true character; true heart; true spirit
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district