and so; therefore; for that reason
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
presence; sitting with; being with
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
using every trick (in the book)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
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
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
lord of a manor; estate steward
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to look away; to turn away
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
wrong; different; not like that
in proportion to; just as much as
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
pull; patronage; tug; discount
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)