to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
pride in one's strength or skill
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
class; heading; group; category
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
very young; little; childish; immature
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
mental; spiritual; emotional
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
the right person in the right place
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
long ago; a long time ago; already
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement