to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
going through; going via; going by way of
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
to ask for directions; to ask the way
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
that; the matter in question
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
planned; scheduled; systematic
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
cannot be helped; unavoidable
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to open (one's eyes) wide
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)