visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
easy-to-beat game; (something) easy to do; trivial thing
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
selection; choice; picking out
to change the position of
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to devour; to bite to death
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
fields (of rice and other crops)
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
to get tired out; to be exhausted
tiring easily; easy to tire