if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
blue and white; paleness; pallidness
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
power; authority; jurisdiction
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
while alive; during one's lifetime
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire
to commit a crime; to do evil
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
rubbing one's hands together
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
flight; desertion; escape
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain