command; commander; commandant
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
how; in what way; I wonder
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to live through; to survive
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
family; relatives; dependents; household
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
(dead) end; end of the line
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space