food expenses; cost of one's board
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
to attract someone with food
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
red-banded sand wasp; deer
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
hate; hate crime; hate speech; hate; threat
to beat someone by ganging up on them
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)