retainer; subject; vassal; servant
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
interior; inside; internal
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
subordination; dependency
again and again; repeatedly
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
both; both sides; both parties
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
to try to do; to attempt to do
to incur someone's enmity
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
connection; link; relationship
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
hostility; animosity; enmity
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess