to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to take a breath; to take a short rest
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
to get change back; to be more than enough
useless resistance; vain struggle
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
surely; certainly; without doubt
to triumph; to be elated with success
time and time again; many times; a number of times
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
never mind!; don't worry about it
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
sanity; consciousness; soberness
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
normalcy; normality; normal
to carry through; to achieve; to complete