retreating figure; appearance from behind
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to talk to oneself; to mutter
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to look away; to avert one's eyes
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
other than; excluding; without
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
to waste time; to kill time
comparatively; relatively
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to insist on one's own ideas
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to face on; to look out on to
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
true character; real nature
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
(how) many times; (how) often
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
act of terror; act of terrorism
to prevent; to take precautions
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
critical (condition); serious
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
total energy; all efforts
how many people; a number of people
even though; despite; when
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
bashful; shameful; ashamed
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true