aggression; invasion; raid
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to take over; to hand over
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
item; something that one "just has to have"
to order; to command; to appoint
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to breathe out; to exhale
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
woman; female; feminine gender
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of