gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
even if; even though; wow
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
doing as one is told; yes-man
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to do for (the sake of someone else)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
second; number two; runner-up
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
messenger; envoy; emissary
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
first meeting; first interview with
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to stop walking; to pause
to become dim; to become blurred
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to hide; to keep to oneself
religious painting; religious picture