broken; intermittent; disconnected
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
inspector; auditor; examiner; comptroller
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
remembrance; recollection; recognition
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to wring the neck; to strangle
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
interception (email); wiretap; bug
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious