the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to look forward to something
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
the lower classes; the common people
to hand over; to surrender
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
pistol; handgun; revolver
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
with a clink (click, clack)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
self-determination; suicide