to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
place to die; place of death
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
by all means; by all costs
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
fund-raising; fund collecting
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
floor above; floor upstairs
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
command; lead; generalship; leadership
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
intensification; aggravation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
that; the matter in question
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
kobold (evil spirit in German folklore); goblin
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment