take the opportunity to (do something else)
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
wheat straw; barley straw
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
hell on earth; living hell
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
how dare ...; how could ...
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze