to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
very much; very many; more and more
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
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
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
good policy; wise policy; best plan
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
division; section; classification; sorting; division
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
international; diplomatic intercourse
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
recompense; indemnity; atonement