palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
hastily made; improvised preparation
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
to jar; to creak; to grate
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
execution; punishment; spanking
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to whine; to make feeble complaints
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)