clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
in the meanwhile; during the time
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
historical play; period drama
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
police; police officer; police station
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
close; intimate; on good terms
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby