to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
even though; despite; when
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to exchange; to interchange
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
quality (of a product or a service)
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
way; method; means; resource; course
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
the whole area; all areas
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
last days; the end; one's fate
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision