covering; protection; backing; relief
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
maintaining the status quo
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
turning sideways; landscape orientation
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to blow off; to be blown off
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
hostile party; enemy side
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
originally; by nature; from the start
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak