by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to bungle; to make things awkward
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to form a group; to form a bunch
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
hostile relations; hostile relationship
street fighting; urban warfare
aggression; invasion; raid
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to live through; to survive
possession; retention; maintenance
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
assertion; declaration; affirmation
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to happen to meet; to come across
this and that; various things
at a glance; at first sight
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
building (construction) site
to be softened; to calm down
one's possessions; ownership
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook