miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to move forward; to move on
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
to crack; to develop a crack
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
insertion; incorporation; infixing
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
living by oneself; living alone
recollection; reminiscence
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
quarrel; dispute; argument
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
managing director; president of a company (US)
company president; manager; director
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
nominal; in name only; titular
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
setting a bad example to others
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood