to be relieved; to feel relieved
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to open (one's eyes) wide
villain; baddie; the villain's part
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
loved one; lover; sweetheart
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
front; frontage; facade; main
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
this (very thing); this precisely
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to have meaning; to be meaningful
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
high; noble; refined; advanced
to serve; to work for; to attend
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
something; some kind of; for some reason
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
something like ...; something called ...
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to hide; to keep to oneself