resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
people; men and women; each person; everybody
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
disclosure; exposure; revelation
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
older brother and younger sister
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to be able to manage somehow or another
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
back off!; leave me alone!
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
emergency; extraordinary; unusual