to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
these guys; these fellows
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
phantom; vision; illusion
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to torment; to harass; to tease
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
flick (hockey, fencing, touch-screen, etc.)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
lek (communal ground used by birds in mating season); lekking
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray