to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
family physician; family doctor
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
commander; general; leader
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
to tighten; to press hard
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
incessant working; working non-stop
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
the whole year; all the year