preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals); breeding room
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
almost every day; almost daily
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
mist form; atomized form; spray (form)
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)
reloading (a web page); reloading (a gun, etc.)
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
becoming active; increase in activity
amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to put to trial; to argue in court
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick