to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to cover one's private parts
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to discuss; to talk together
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
cease-fire; truce; armistice
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
society; the world; the times
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
headquarters; head office; main office
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
ash; embers; complete destruction
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
main force; chief object; mainline
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
use; utilization; utilisation; application
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
literally; to the letter; literal
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful