engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
notice; attention; observation
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
one by one; one after another; successively
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity