supporting role (actor); minor role
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
(not) even once; (not) ever
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
one after another; in rapid succession; without reservation; without hesitation; tramping; stomping
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
how can (one) do something
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron