to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
madness; craziness; insanity
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
for your information; I'm telling you
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to get slightly dirty (all over)
dozens; scores of; decades
to strip to one's waist; to go at with might and main
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate