foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
throughout; all through; right through
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to open (one's eyes) wide
clearing one's throat; cough
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
beyond that point; after that
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
death by suffocation; death by choking
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
you could say that; that might be so
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back