to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
fragment; one of the group or party
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to become vulgar; to coarsen
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
invisibly; secretly; privately
intimidation; threat; bluster
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
to jar; to creak; to grate
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
such; like that; in that way
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
beyond imagination; unimaginable
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to live through; to survive
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one