gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
point in question (at issue)
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
already known; well-known
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
the dark side; the seamy side
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive