American film; American movie
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
hitting endlessly; beating up comprehensively
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
to need; to call for; to require
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
in the end; on top of that
cerebral stroke; apoplexy
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
remote control; remote operation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
preparatory phase; preparatory period
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante