to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
covering; protection; backing; relief
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to attempt; to test; to try out
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
stirring; slight movement
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
serious wound; serious injury
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct