back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
(the condition of) one's health
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
putting a plan into operation
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
power balance; balance of power
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
by itself; automatically; naturally
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
government service; the bureaucracy
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb