motherland; fatherland; native country
escape route; evacuation route
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
cutoff (e.g. audio, electrical flow, production); cutting off; cutoff (play); cutoff (jeans, etc.)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
street stall; stand; booth
expenses; costly; expensive
price increase; rise in price
requisition; commandeering; conscription
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
price decline; fall in price
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
kitchen; financial situation
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to govern; to manage; to subdue
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to fall ill; to be taken ill