cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
strategy meeting; council of war
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
price reduction; discount
dogfight; dogfighting; fighting dog
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
workshop; studio; atelier
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm