top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
alternately; by turns; one after the other
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
moving about; stirring about
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
face with no make-up; sobriety
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to step forward; to take a step forward
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
ago; since; before; previous
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
dull sound; muffled sound
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to use up all one's strength