to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to be silent; to say nothing
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
police officer; policeman; constable
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
I see; that's right; indeed
in one's own way or style
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
such; this sort of; like this
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
while; even though; despite