preference; priority; precedence; right of way
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to be dead; to be lifeless
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
chain; series; connection; linkage
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
trial; judgement; judgment
serious wound; serious injury
reality; actuality; hard fact
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to be injured; to sustain a wound
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
PR brochure; public relations magazine
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to forget to say; to forget to mention