to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to comfort; to console; to amuse
un-; non-; negative prefix
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to apologize; to apologise
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
already; now; no longer; not any more
decisive game; important bout; crucial match
to complete decisively; to do to completion
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
at the last moment; this late in the game
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to surround; to crowd around
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
beyond this point; from now on; after this
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to pierce through; to break through
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
self-control; self-restraint
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
because of; owing to; due to
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)