chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to form a pair; to pair up
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
genuine; authentic; true; pure
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
pay; salary; to pay (off); to be profitable; heroin
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to pay a bill; to pay one's debt; to pay one's tab; to pay the price (for one's actions); to face the consequences; to suffer the repercussions
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
float; pontoon; float (beverage with ice cream floating in it); float
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
patterns of thinking; train of thought
higher rank; better position
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to say; to be pleased to say
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
economic; financial; fiscal
to demand money; to pester; to extort
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
the very best; excellent; superb
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous