come out!; where are you?
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
that is to say; so that means
to order; to command; to appoint
with these words; while saying
in the meanwhile; during the time
directly; in person; firsthand
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
passing the winter; hibernation
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
one day; (on) a certain day
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)