strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
if you do this; if this is the case
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
to look away; to avert one's eyes
release; emission; ejection
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
since then; from that time; ever since