looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
newspaper story (article, account)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
each nation; many nations; many countries
process; course; mechanism
to care for someone; to look after someone
appearance; air; mien; getup
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
slightly off; not quite good enough; slightly wild-looking (e.g. fashion)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
to incur someone's enmity
premature death; untimely death; dying young
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face