to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to blow off; to be blown off
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
based on; on the basis of
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
main cause; primary factor
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to accept; to receive; to agree
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge