alternately; by turns; one after the other
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
professional female mourner; keener
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
chief; main; principal; important
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to force one's way through
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
forgetting; lapse of memory
excess; surplus; superabundance
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin