out of character; unlike one
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
unidentifiable; unidentified
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
and yet; though; when; in spite of
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to shake; to waver; to tremble
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
stale; hackneyed; cliched
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
curious; strange; unusual
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly