to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
although I say; although one might say; although called
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
18-litre measuring container
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
testimony; (verbal) evidence
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
face contorted and about to cry
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
tattling; telling on (someone)
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)