nerve; nerves; sensitivity
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
sad; wretched; deplorable
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
chastity; virtue; fidelity
rottenness; decay; corruption
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
face lost in pleasure; face in an ecstatic trance
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
nature; property; disposition
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be able to manage somehow or another
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to pluck; to pick; to nip off