bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
accurate; correct; precise; exact
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to have the memory of having done something oneself
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
with all one's strength; with all one's might