pronunciation; production of sound
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
armed forces; military; troops
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to be main; to be principal; to be important
every person; each one; everybody
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to discuss; to talk together
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
good policy; wise policy; best plan
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back