war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to draw back; to leave (the area)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
private tutor; coach; governess
to put someone to work; to make someone work
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
ignorant of the ways of the world
feeling keenly; fully realizing
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
to blaze; to burn brightly
to throw into; to toss into
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
living thing; living creature; animal; life
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum); celery root; turnip-rooted celery; knob celery
Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda)
underground train; subway
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
within; inside of; less than
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other