to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
nothing but; except; no more than
to be silent; to say nothing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
myself; yourself; I; me; you
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to pretend; to act (as if)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation