to stare back at; to look back at
to come to one's senses; to calm down
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
to suffer damage; to be deceived
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
when it becomes; when it comes to
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
curse; spell; malediction
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
dignity; majesty; sanctity
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
as you see; as you can see
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other