cold reception; inhospitality
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to threaten; to make threats
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
to refuse; to decline; to deny
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
passion; temper; irritability
ranking table (e.g. sports league)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc.
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
excursion; field trip; school trip
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
secret information; intelligence
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
internal organ; viscera; gut
work; business; company; study