care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
poor physical health; bad shape
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
silence (not speaking); muteness
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
influence; clout; leverage
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to state; to express; to mention
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
one more time; once more; once again
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to boil strongly; to be excited
whispered conversation; whispering
to concern; to be related
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends