beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
but; however; provided that
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
three times; thrice; third (interval)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
reaching; attaining; arrival
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
since then; from that time; ever since
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to take back; to recapture
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
just because; even if; even though
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
leather shoes; leather boots
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
to call again; to call (someone) back