harmful animal; pest; vermin
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
3rd day of the month; three days
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to make a speech; to address
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
control; check; restraint; inhibition
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
gossip; corner of the mouth
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid