expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
interruption; suspension; break
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
everything one does; whatever one does
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
is something that; is that which
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to go along; to walk along; to follow
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
with a momentary flash of light
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction
very interesting; of great interest
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
capable of anything; liable to do