to take someone's life; to kill someone
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
this occasion; at this time; now
speech; expression; wording; language
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to rebuke; to scold harshly
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to tie; to fix; to attach
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
logistics; supply; communications
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
a matter for speculation; only conjecture; just guesswork
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to intervene; to stop (something)