to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
prepaid (phone, card, etc.)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to think too much; to be over-concerned
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
moving; touching; stirring
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
parent-child relationship
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on