or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
they; those guys; those fellows
way of talking; speaking style
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to do someone in; to bump someone off
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to some extent; to a certain extent
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to make merry; to be festive
tide; current; tendency; trend
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
individual; one by one; separate; each
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
young girl; lass; adolescent female
relying completely on others; being totally dependent on others
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
that's a different matter; that's a different story
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to not take seriously; to take lightly
Lonnie; Lonny; Rosny; Ronnie; Ronny
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
the same; the said; likewise
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst