to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
at; in; at; when; by; with
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to pile up; to accumulate
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to get angry; to lose one's temper
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
edict; ordinance; proclamation
people; men and women; each person; everybody
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect