sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
high efficiency; high performance
lately; recently; nowadays
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
(political) power; authority; influence
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently