to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to look afar; to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
cruelty; hard-heartedness
malicious; deliberately mean
idle slumber; indolence; inactivity
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
(with) one's eyes blurred from drinking; with drunken eyes; dazed by wine
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
more and more; increasingly; all the more
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
hot flash; rush of blood to the head
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to arrest; to capture; to seize
abusing someone to his (her) face
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal