planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
official announcement; proclamation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
as (for); for; in the capacity of
failure; mistake; blunder
to repeat; to do something over again
next; secondly; subsequently
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)