ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
wherein; therein; thereinto
some people; a few people; several people
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to set (sun); to become dark
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
if you do this; if this is the case
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side