when; how soon; how long until
physical condition; state of health
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
striking; remarkable; considerable
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to raise one's voice; to shout
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
desperately; for one's dear life
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
firmly; solidly; heartily
to flare up; to fly into a rage
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
utmost limits; extremity; limit
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism