willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
quotation; citation; reference
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
blitzkrieg; lightning war
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
good wife and wise mother
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
one's place of appointment; one's post
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
rebel; traitor; insurgent
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay