one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
just managing; with great difficulty
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
(someone else's) child; child; kid
employment (long term); hire
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
guidance; leadership; leading the way
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to look away; to turn away
to squeeze out; to wring out
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
to scatter away; to vanish
diesel locomotive; diesel powered car
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
quarrel; dispute; argument
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
ancient city; former capital
central part; heart (of a city)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to be born; to come into this world