abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
existence; being; presence
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
rival; competitor; competition
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
settlement; solution; resolution
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
reality; actuality; hard fact
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
at first; in the beginning; originally
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex