oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
sincere; earnest; serious
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
solution; solution strategy
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
single word; a few words; brief comment
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to keep standing; to stand motionless
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
lightly; easily; carelessly