to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
100,000,000; one hundred million
around the world; throughout the world
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
doing whatever one pleases
to overdo; to do too much
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
in the future; another day; later
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to take; to catch; to capture
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich