cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to fight against; to oppose; to face
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
victim; injured party; sufferer
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
how long; how much; to what extent
doing whatever one pleases
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
idealistic thought (argument)
21st day after death; 21st day after birth
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
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
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to continue to do; to persist in doing
selection; choice; option
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to form a group; to form a bunch
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try