hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
dull sound; muffled sound
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to squeeze out; to wring out
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
very interesting; of great interest
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
lightly; easily; carelessly
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
no matter how much time passes
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
priority; order of precedence
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to