bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
while; during; performed in this condition
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to become vulgar; to coarsen
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
open; public; official; overt
(political) power; authority; influence
property; fortune; assets
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)