hostility; antagonism; opposition
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
to attack; to assault; to assail
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to need; to demand; to take; to require
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
head start; initiative; preemption
intercept; interception; counter-attack
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
arrest; apprehension; capture
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
letting (someone) die without helping
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
those (near the second person)
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away