pest extermination; pest control
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to lay aside; to set aside
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
hard to reach place; remote place
to become rustic; to be countrified
still; even now; to this day
sunlight; rays of the Sun
tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
cold-weather damage (to crops)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
day after day; day by day
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
everybody; every last one of them; all
infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions; temper; nerves
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
bet; wager; stake; gamble