to cut off; to lop off; to prune
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to use up all one's strength
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
unanticipated; unexpected
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
chemical oxygen demand; COD; cash on delivery; COD
official announcement; proclamation
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
choices; alternatives; options
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to say; to tell; to state; to do
training; drill; practice; discipline
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
at least; at most; (even) just
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to escape from; to get out
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach