holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
main force; chief object; mainline
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
sanity; consciousness; soberness
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
if you do this; if this is the case
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
amount of material resources
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to satisfy one's appetite
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
person concerned; interested party; related party
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
persistence; single-mindedness
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion