penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
capable of anything; liable to do
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
same kind (race); homogeneousness
conversely; on the contrary
humerus (upper bone in arm)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
roundhouse kick; turning kick
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress