to be on the right track; to go well
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
plaintive (melody, tone, etc.); sad; mournful; doleful; sorrowful
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
compulsory military service
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
with each person; with everyone
we have a result!; game over!; match!
money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage
depends entirely on; depends above all on
summer fur; summer coat; summer plumage
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
slave labor; slave labour
liver taken from a living animal
to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem
without even asking; without even listening; without careful inquiry (enquiry)
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)