matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
accomplishment; execution
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
transactions; dealings; business
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...