to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
occurrence; happening; incident; event
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with
the other day; a few days ago
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
surrounding at a distance