trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
the other day; a few days ago
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
life and death; life or death
life or death; existence; destiny
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
in the hospital; hospitalized
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
piece; fragment; one (object)
wicked thought; wicked mind
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to