crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
covert action; covert operations
street fighting; urban warfare
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
solitude; loneliness; isolation
strong pressure; heavy pressure
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
offender; transgressor; violator
conviction; belief; confidence
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to go down in history; to remain in history
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to carry out one's mission
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
situation of one's own doing
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it