heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sentiment; sentimentality
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
alone; by oneself; on one's own
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
curiosity; rare item; rarity; rare opportunity which could be beneficial
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
reaching; attaining; arrival
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
relatively; comparatively
important; momentous; essential; principal; major