to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
state of mind; mentality; psychology
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
just because; even if; even though
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
posterity; future generations; future life
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
smoothly; easily; readily