foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to say; to be called; to do
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
way (of doing); manner; method; means
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
question; inquiry; enquiry
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
master; teacher; stable master
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
interference; intervention; meddling
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
most part; greater part; majority
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to fight a battle; to have a fight
curse; spell; malediction
physical condition; state of health
looking or acting as if one owned the place
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very