neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
irritation; annoyance; frustration
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to fight; to exchange blows
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
stupid face; foolish look on one's face
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
great laughter; burst of laughter
common reed (Phragmites australis)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to smash violently; to crush
going into battle; departure for the front
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing