willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to fall on one's backside
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to care for someone; to look after someone
good humour (humor); good mood
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to badger; to pester; to beg
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.