scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be helpful; to be useful
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
by all means; by all costs
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
beyond that point; after that
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
death penalty; capital punishment
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.