severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
battlefield; battleground
to telephone; to make a phone call
pride; boast; credit (to)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
anything and everything; just about everything
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
sympathy; compassion; pity
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
examination; investigation; prosecution
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
beyond human understanding
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
application; request; petition
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to send or direct a person to