palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
power; authority; influence
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
two by two; by twos; as a couple
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
population; universe; parent set
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
direct descent; direct line
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to stop talking; to be silent
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish