rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to attack; to assault; to assail
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
sense of caution; wariness
successive generations; successive emperors
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
mental; spiritual; emotional
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to get help; to enlist aid
dark night; moonless night
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
emotional strength; force of will
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
speechless (with amazement); struck dumb; tongue-tied; dumbfounded
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
reaching; attaining; arrival