to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
poisoning; kill by poison
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
hostile relations; hostile relationship
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
one's home country; one's homeland
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
formulation; formularization; formularisation
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
not yet known; unknown; strange
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to stare back at; to look back at
to think constantly about; to dwell on
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune