to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
I see; that's right; indeed
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to surround; to crowd around
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
major incident; major happening; big scandal
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
incident; affair; happening; event
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
near oneself; close to one; familiar
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
that's the way it is; such is life
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
ability to attract customers
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate