finishing blow; coup de grâce
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
witnessing; observing; sighting
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
this and that; various things
dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
drop (e.g. of water); drip
site; point on a map; spot
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
the other day; a few days ago
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)