control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to live; to make a living; to get on with
hunting ground; hunting preserve
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
to backfire; to have a harmful result
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to come back; to bloom a second time
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
covering; protection; backing; relief
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
horizon (related to bodies of water)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not