brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
capable of anything; liable to do
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to break the silence; to break one's silence
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
interference; meddling; butting in
declaration; proclamation; announcement
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
control; management (e.g. of a business)
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
so; like this; in this way
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to put one's strength into
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint