to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
president (of a society); chairman
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
in accordance with; according to
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
joint struggle; common (united) front
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised