the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to attack; to assault; to assail
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
position; location; base; point; site
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
third day of the month; three days
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
usual; normal; stereotyped
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to accept; to receive; to agree
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove