leader; guide; mentor; coach
living thing; living creature; animal; life
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
hostility; antagonism; opposition
unfairness; injustice; partiality
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
trial; judgement; judgment
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
how long; how much; to what extent
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to yell; to rant; to rave
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)