lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; discretion is the better part of valor; (lit.) fleeing is winning
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
chief; main; principal; major
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
call; summons; convening; convocation
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
every person; every mouth; every entrance
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
change of job; change of occupation; career change
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
percent; per cent; percentage
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
personification; impersonation; embodiment
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to search for; to seek for; to look for
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
one or two; a few; small number
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
belligerence; fighting spirit
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability