bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
seeing one off; farewell; escort
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to give directions; to issue instructions
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
with all one's strength; with all one's might
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
these guys; these fellows
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
with a broad grin; smirking