lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
(short) rest; breather; break
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
beginning; opening; start; outset
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
intellectual disability; mental disability; intellectual impairment
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
stone mortar; millstone; quern
depiction; description; portrayal
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
arbitrariness; self-will; whim
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
nation at war; militant nation
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
many; much; plenty; hardly
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to