occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
point of compromise; common ground
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
public and private; official and personal; government and people
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
good family; respectable family; decent family
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
last night; yesterday evening
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
change in appearance; transformation
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
reasoning; logic; persuasion
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to get strong; to gain strength
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious