arm; skill; efforts; ability
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
condition; state (of health); appearance
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to thrust before; to thrust at
to be perturbed; to be agitated
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to order; to command; to appoint
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
front; frontage; facade; main
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
control; check; restraint; inhibition
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
true character; true heart; true spirit
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to fill one's heart; to overcome one
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
twice; again; second time
to thrust before; to thrust at
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough