storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to knock down; to knock out
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
foreign (international) relations; diplomacy; external affairs
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
(the crime of) high treason
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
way of talking; speaking style
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
watchtower; observation tower; lookout
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
(with a) start; fright; alarm
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
right (to do something); authority; power
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
later on; eventually; afterwards
within; inside of; less than
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful