yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
exposure to wind; severe criticism
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
true friend; close friend
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
good humour (humor); good mood
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to live through; to survive
one way or the other; either way
intention; idea; inclination; wish
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to accord someone every courtesy
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to be enraged; to flip out
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs