cruelty; hard-heartedness
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
internal organs; intestines; viscera
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to be a matter of life or death
highly unpredictable; touch and go
don't worry; there's no need to worry
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
electrocardiogram; ECG; EKG
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
portrait of deceased person
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to continue to work; to work away (at)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)