command of English; proficiency in English; knowledge of English
to need; to call for; to require
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
trio; gang of three; threesome
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
solitude; loneliness; isolation
living thing; living creature; animal; life
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing