to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
assistance; help; assist (final pass or cross before a goal)
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to break the silence; to break one's silence
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
distant; remote; isolated
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
head start; initiative; preemption
intercept; interception; counter-attack
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
hegemony; leadership; initiative
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
again; once more; a second time
new student; freshman; first-year student
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
light music; popular music
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life