cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
lessening; diminishing; reducing
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
pain relief; killing pain
to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
near-death; close to death
affectionate father; loving father
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
operating room; operating theatre
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
vital; lively; energetic; vital signs
one's heart rate; pulse rate