had better ...; had better not ...
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
society; the world; the times
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
possible; likely; probable
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
how can (one) do something
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to get between; to be caught in
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
unpredictability; element of surprise
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
in unison; as one; united
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)