critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to stay calm; to keep cool
complete; whole; perfect; safe
protracted war; war of attrition
to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to mistake (A for B); to misread
full length; total length; overall length
most part; greater part; majority
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
of tender years; very young
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
just because; even if; even though
a glance; a look; a glimpse
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
family; relatives; dependents; household
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
area; region; district; locality
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to find out; to discover; to locate