establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
jokingly; in the form of a joke
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
important person; strategic person; key figure
tank (military vehicle); chariot
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
and; thereupon; because of that
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
to take over; to hand over
in low spirits; dejected; sad
liver taken from a living animal
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
logistical support; combat service support
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to harm; to cause harm to
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
to commit a crime; to do evil
out-of-school; off-campus
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to cut into (a conversation); to interject