front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
accountability; being held accountable
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
genuine article; real thing; real deal
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
death by suffocation; death by choking
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)