to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
at once; immediately; right now
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to intervene; to stop (something)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to get one's head around; to think about
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
for example; for instance; e.g.
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on