to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
ordinary citizen; the general public
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
suddenly; all of a sudden
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(social) position; status
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
illegal; illicit; unlawful
study; research; investigation
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to be helpful; to be useful
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to smash violently; to crush