integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor
something like ...; something called ...
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag
gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
torturing to death; tormenting to death
arrest; apprehension; capture
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing