calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
charging with gunpowder; charge of gunpowder
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
(arch.) chinaberry; (arch.) Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
supreme leader; ultimate leader
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
serious condition; critical condition
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia