practicality; utility; usefulness
celebratory banquet; feast
military strength; military personnel
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
number of (large) animals
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
one's own army; one's own team
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
well-bred; of good upbringing
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
parade; review (of troops)
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
to be hesitant; to feel timid
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
flood; freshet; inundation
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to be forward; to be impertinent