yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
absolute basics; very rudiments
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to do for (the sake of someone else)
embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
conventional forces; conventional military forces
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
captive; prisoner (of war)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
extreme close-up (photo, shot)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
several times; a few times
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to have a bitter experience
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges