to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
casting pearls before swine
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
to have a stuffed nose; to have a stuffy nose
to give a cold (to someone)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
taste; liking; preference
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
literary woman; talented woman
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
product; produce; result; fruit
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine