guardian; protector; patron; parent
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
mistress; kept woman; concubine
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
in order; in turn; one by one
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
regiment of military policemen
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to become settled; to be fixed
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
next; secondly; subsequently
both; both sides; both parties
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black