filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
nothing but; none other than
young girl; lass; adolescent female
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
how many years; how long; what year
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
responsibility; duty; obligation
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
way out; means to escape; escape route
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to put into the mouth; to eat
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
being left out; being ostracized