combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to beat; to gain a point; to upset
correction; revision; amendment
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
meteor; shooting star; falling star
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
suddenly disappears somewhere
starting line; starting point
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
noted product; local specialty
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)