guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to smile (at); to grin (at)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
leader of a delegation (body, party)
Talas (Russia); Talus; Taras
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important point; strategic position; key point
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
simply; merely; only; solely
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do