(people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
solid; substantial; substantive
duration of a cruise (flight); endurance
battlefield; battleground
drinking in turn from one vessel (cup, glass, etc.)
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
exclusivism; exclusionism
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
direct discussion; direct talks
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
main ingredients; chief materials
to speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to distribute; to hand out
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
in those days; at the time; then
to leave word; to leave a message
well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
overbearing; unstable wrestling stance
paper width; allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space; binding for calligraphy and paintings