to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
an assortment; combination
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
and; thereupon; because of that
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to quit one's job; to resign
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
had better ...; had better not ...
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist