mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to lose sight of; to miss
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
ten-year-old; ten year old
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
young person; youth; young
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
product; produce; result; fruit
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
comparatively; relatively
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
tool; implement; means; furniture
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
power; authority; jurisdiction
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up