to sell (something) cheap
leased territory; foreign concession
effective control (over territory); working control
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
living in evacuation shelters
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
frequency; rate of occurrence
percent; per cent; percentage
fate; destiny; predestination
publicity (information) activities; public relations
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
feeling on the skin; skin sensation
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
again and again; repeatedly
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
difficult to ...; hard to ...
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
running out of gasoline (petrol)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal