greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
deadly serious; deadly earnest
calamity; misfortune; disaster
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
expression; look; countenance; face
declaration of war; proclamation of war
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
sincere; earnest; serious
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to get strong; to gain strength
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
calculated; premeditated; considered
interest; rights; concession
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to lay aside; to set aside