force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
nervousness; oversensitivity
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to mix; to include; to entwine threads of various colours (colors)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
moment by moment; hour by hour
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to attempt; to test; to try out
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
entreaty; supplication; petition
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
infant; baby; little child
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
thought; consideration; thinking