to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
all parts; various parts; every department
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
flustered; confused; panicked
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
lightning strike; torpedo attack
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
party; gang; company; squad
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
these guys; these fellows
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble