state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
pregnancy; conception; gestation
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
how many? (large animals)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
on-the-spot (report); eyewitness (report)
leather strap; thong; leash
having poor eyesight; poorly sighted
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to dispose of; to sell off
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
ordinary citizen; the general public
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)