close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
innermost depths of one's heart
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
slight; thin; on the weak side
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
personal affair; one's own affair
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
I have nothing to do with it
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
slight; little; insignificant
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
and yet; despite (all) that
several shots; several blows
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
(direct) hit; straight shot
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to take a big bite; to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly