numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to strangle; to constrict
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
sense of duty (obligation)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
to throw at; to turn; to raise
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
desperation; struggle to the death
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
order; command; directions; instructions
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
without permission; without notice
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
step; stride; counter for steps
to lose interest; to be dampened (of enjoyment, interest, etc.); to fall flat; to turn sour
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe