opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
(coin) purse with a metal clasp
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
remains; corpse; (dead) body
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to take someone's life; to kill someone
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
series of battles; successive battles
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
priest soldier; warrior monk
about; on; regarding; per; for every
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
drought; long spell of dry weather