to smash up; to defeat crushingly
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
right in the center (centre)
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to become desperate; to give in to despair
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
such ... as; or some such
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
sympathy; compassion; pity
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
unit; (musical) group; band
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance