to lose heart; to lose motivation
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
hard (life); tough (world)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
(not) merely; (not) simply
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
intensification; aggravation
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
invisibly; secretly; privately
plenary session; regular session
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
question of possession (e.g. of the Kuril Islands)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
business district; office complex
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
advance; moving forward; progress
flying column; detached force
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear