locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
conviction; belief; confidence
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to drop; to let fall; to omit
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)