selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
either way; in any case; one way or another
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
devoted; self-sacrificing
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
step-up; advance; progress; increase
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
depiction; description; portrayal
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)