don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
one by one; in detail; minutely
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
originally; by nature; from the start
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
connection; link; relationship
use; utilization; utilisation; application
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to fight against; to oppose; to face
charming; fascinating; attractive
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
same; similar; (just) like; equal
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to have an idea; to have a clue
any more; any further; any better; any longer
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to manage something successfully; to be successful
money-making; earning money