provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to detain; to check; to restrain
to solicit; to demand; to extort
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
looking or acting as if one owned the place
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
true state; actual condition; reality
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
class; heading; group; category
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
leader; authority; mainstay
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
to apologize; to apologise
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)