tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
observation platform; lookout platform
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
destruction; annihilation; extermination
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
recently; lately; these days
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
handrail; railing; banister
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
desperation; struggle to the death
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
although I say; although one might say; although called
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
as usual; as is one's habit
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest