fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
strength; power; energy; military strength; army; (number of) troops
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
space; interval; space character; whitespace
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
climbing rope (for mountaineering)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
third time lucky; third time's the charm
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to become inverted; to become reversed
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
clear solution; clean decision
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
other than; excluding; without
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
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