strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to be muddy; to be slushy
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to take on a role; to take part
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
proper; right; reasonable
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
to laugh away; to laugh off
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
right side; right-hand side