strict; stern; rigorous; severe
to look after (often medically); to take care of
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to give; to do (something) for
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to shake; to sway; to waver
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
possible; probable; likely
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
family; relatives; dependents; household
threat; intimidation; menace
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
one's (official) authority; power
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
arrest; apprehension; capture
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
elated; triumphant; proud
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
many; numerous; various; large number of
one-by-one; separately; in detail
exemplification; illustration; example
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)