sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
losing the means of livelihood
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
how many months?; how long?
to pass (of time); to elapse
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
(death from) starvation; starving to death
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to discuss; to talk together
(some) more; even more; longer; further
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
older brother; elder brother
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
such a thing; something like that