incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to smash violently; to crush
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to examine someone's expression
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
sensual love; love affair
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
hand used like a sword in striking