to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to burst (open); to break; to split
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
goodness; excellence; virtue
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
absorption; suction; attraction
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
not a pretty sight; appalling; not a good look
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
back off!; leave me alone!
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
emergency light; emergency lamp
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
feel (of a material); texture
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
battlefield; battleground