territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to push aside; to brush aside
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
old age; old person; the old; the aged
a few years ago; some years back
the same generation; coeval
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
construction; establishment
(how) many times; (how) often
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)