to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
carefree; free from worry
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
process; course; mechanism
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
at some point in the past; at some stage
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
beginning; clue; starting point
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to become better; to improve