to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
older sister; elder sister
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
number one; first; best; most; game; round
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
living thing; living creature; animal; life
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
in comparison to; rather than
several years; a few years
to pass (of time); to elapse