leader; authority; mainstay
again and again; repeatedly
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to stray from; to get lost
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
freely; frankly; without reserve
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
let's not say (such things) to each other
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
the whole year; all the year
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating