self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to conspire (with); to prearrange
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
wounded person; injured person
to give; to do (something) for
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to crouch; to squat; to cower
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
the opposite sex; isomerism
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to find out; to discover; to detect
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter