test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
flood of emotions; many thoughts
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
blood, sweat and tears; (lit.) sweat of blood
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
advocate; proponent; supporter
advocate; defender; champion; backer
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
continuation; succession; series; continuous
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
animal abuse; animal cruelty; cruelty to animals; cruelty toward animals
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
carbonization; carbonisation
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to make an appeal; to urge