empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
(not) so much; (not) that much
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to cross the line; to go too far
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
philosophic principles; philosophy
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
imitation; counterfeit; fake; replica
one's own style; one's own way (of doing things)
Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem); Via Crucis
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
Columbus' egg; egg of Columbus
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
with a clink (click, clack)
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply