logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
important post; important office; key position
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
private car; personal car
back seat (of a car); rear seat
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to be given up; to be discontinued
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
at least; at most; (even) just
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
reduction of armaments; disarmament
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
three generations; three periods; third generation
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
to live through; to survive
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
unable to resist; unable to suppress
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse