to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
monolith; large slab of rock
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to leave this world; to die
cross; crossed; cruciform
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
health management; health maintenance; health care
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse