to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
violent emotion; passion; fury
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
like this; this sort; this way
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
best pupil; leading disciple
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
future; possible; potential; prospective
suggestion; hint; implication
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
dragon god; dragon king; naga
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
major powers of the world; great powers