exposure to wind; severe criticism
quarrel; dispute; argument
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
doing whatever one pleases
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
important person; strategic person; key figure
national character; regional character
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
war; fighting; fierce competition
birth; creation; formation
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to press a question; to cross-examine
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
devoted; self-sacrificing
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
duty; function; office; mission; task
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy