predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
leather; leather-bound; leathern
(your) daughter; young woman
official announcement; proclamation
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
tone (of voice); manner of talking
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
secret; private; surreptitious
main cause; primary factor
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
corridor; hallway; passageway
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood