national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
to make out a check (cheque); to write out a check
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
housekeeping; housework; room cleaning (at a hotel); housekeeping; deleting or moving to other storage old files or data
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
surroundings; circumference
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
to be itching to put one's skills to use
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
finish; end; conclusion; landing (in gymnastics)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
drainage; draining; sales
eating; bite (in fishing)
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
hanging loosely; dangling limply
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
righteousness; justice; right
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
having high information content; informative
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
wind damage; storm damage
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
by sheer strength; by brute force
(brute) force; using all one's might
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise