to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
genuine; authentic; true; real
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
if it is the case that ...
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
all (there is); as long as there is
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
treating someone like a child
tide; current; tendency; trend
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to call in; to invite; to bring in
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
joint struggle; common (united) front
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
there being no use in arguing (about it)
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted