thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
moving about; stirring about
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
pull; patronage; tug; discount
long ago; a long time ago; already
place to die; place of death
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless