mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to have an eye on; to zero in on
abstention; nonparticipation
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
confidentially; privately; off the record
whispering into a person's ear
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
strong-willed; strong of heart
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
silence (not speaking); muteness
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)