service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
extermination; annihilation
to appear all together; to be all present
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to give; to do (something) for
effusiveness; gushing; shrillness
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
devotion; attachment; infatuation
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to be too late; to be too slow
to not believe one's ears
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net