obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
very likely; very probable
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
choosing between two things; two choices
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to look down on; to make light of
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
master; teacher; stable master
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat