internal conditions; true state of affairs
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
maid; helper; help; assistance
making one's best exertions
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
effective temperature; wind-chill index (factor)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to crawl out of; to creep out of
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)