experiment; experimentation
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to yield to temptation; to succumb
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; (arch.) second marriage; (arch.) remarriage
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
nothing but; none other than
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack