to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
preparation; provision; guarding
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
tediously; lengthily; wordily
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
in this way; along these lines; similarly
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
blank space; margin; blank canvas
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
possible; probable; likely
in proportion to; just as much as
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
discreet; modest; cautious
flustered person; hasty person
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)