(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
favourite horse; favorite horse
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
living by oneself; living alone
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
surrounding at a distance
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to distribute rice (e.g. during an emergency)
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
here and there; everywhere
comparatively high; fairly expensive
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
group; party; team; squad; section
rope; cord; policeman's rope
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to degenerate; to lapse into
looking depressed; long face
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
being left out; being ostracized
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)