disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
genuine article; real thing; real deal
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to use up all one's strength
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
responsibility; duty; obligation
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
setting a bad example to others
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to appease; to suppress; to calm
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
freedom; free man; free woman
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
heir; inheritor; successor
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
depends entirely on; depends above all on
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
just because; even if; even though
to manage something successfully; to be successful
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...