exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
another kind; different kind; distinct species
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
great cause; moral law; justice
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem