tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
brave warrior; hero; brave man
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
cannot be compared with; no match for
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
divining sticks; counting; calculation
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
private citizen; civilian
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement