to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
hostility; antagonism; opposition
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
way of speaking; intimation
to look around; to survey
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
nod; inclination of the head
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
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