strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
opening words; speaking out
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to flare up; to fly into a rage
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
that kind; competition; match
patterns of thinking; train of thought
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
how others look at you; what others think about you
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
walking briskly; determinedly
pardon me for leaving (first)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
scenery; scene; landscape
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly