atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
hostility; animosity; enmity
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to become settled; to be fixed
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
decision; determination; resolution
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to look away; to avert one's eyes
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to torment; to torture; to harass
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
don't you think?; indicates question