thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
by sheer strength; by brute force
to be born; to come into the world
difficult problem; challenge
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
nothing but; none other than
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
common people; ordinary people; masses
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
fading; faded colour; faded color
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
description; describing; depicting
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
joint; reason; sense; logic
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
one's house; one's home; one's family
billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly
art of self-defense (defence)