national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
speculation; thinking; meditation
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
contrary to one's expectations
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
standing tall; towering; soaring
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
still; as yet; as it has been
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting); rearranging stones (to simplify counting)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
hand luggage; hand baggage
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
body; physical system; (the) person
to kill; to choke the life out of
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
other side; opposite side; other party
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)