various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
that is to say; so that means
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to be smeared; to be covered
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
well-bred; of good upbringing
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
speech and conduct; words and deeds
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to stop walking; to pause
to be too late; to be too slow
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to push aside; to brush aside
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
persevering; very patient
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
powerless; helpless; incompetent
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!