what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
street oratory; soapbox speech
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to jump at; to be attracted by
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
that's true; of course; obviously
talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
this and that; various things
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to chase; to run after; to pursue
about when; about what time; how soon
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
the last moment; the very end
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand