tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
carbonization; carbonisation
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to tighten; to press hard
to compose; to put together
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
combined unit; two-in-one unit; many-in-one unit; integrated model
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
change; transformation; inversion
critical moment; do-or-die situation
precarious situation; precarious state
repentance; confession; penitence
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off