not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
bolt from the blue; great surprise
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
enterprise; business; company; corporation
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
in search of; in order to look for
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to talk (a person) down; to confute
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
swindler; imposter; crook
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well