to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
military officer; naval officer
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
one house; the same house
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
clean room (e.g. in semiconductor manufacturing); cleanroom
notebook-format (computer)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
sleeping comfort or snugness
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
to lay aside; to set aside
Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl
Richard; Richards; Richart; Ritchard
grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to cool something down (e.g. by adding water)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
sincere; earnest; serious
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
working without pay; free service; work for nothing