to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
tomfoolery; monkey business
to crumble away; to collapse
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
not necessarily so; is not always true
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
pessimism; disappointment
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
even further; and then some; even more
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to overflow from something full
embodying; expressing concretely
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied