forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
maid; helper; help; assistance
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
with a clink (click, clack)
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
reduced scale; scaling down
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
soldier; combatant; warrior
to throw into; to dump in together
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
less than ...; smaller ...
talking while standing; standing around talking
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
to incur someone's enmity
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
rational; logical; coherent
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
one house; the same house