to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
this and that; one thing and another
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to pick up; to find; to gather
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to rule; to govern; to administer
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
determination; resolution
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to hide; to keep to oneself
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be full of pride; to be boastful
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts