ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
older sister; elder sister
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
food crisis; food-supply crisis
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
round; spherical; circular
to bear fruit; to take effect
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
emergency food; emergency rations
daily necessities; goods for everyday life
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
to await; to wait for; to expect
simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to kill; to choke the life out of
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of