spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
to translate; to interpret
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air; terrestrial broadcasting; over-the-air broadcasting
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
letter of responsibility (for a crime)
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
summit meeting; top-level conference
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
support; backing; patronage
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
one's younger sister and her husband
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
to explain away; to answer evasively
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to think of; to give one's thought to
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)