to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to turn completely into; to become completely
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
scrap lumber; piece of wood
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
to press alcohol on someone; to urge someone to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
founder; originator; pioneer
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
division by 1000; one-thousandth
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
the lower classes; the common people
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
omniscience and omnipotence