close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
administration (of medicine); giving medication
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
examination table (at a doctor's office)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to press a question; to cross-examine
for today; for the time being
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
to shake one's head (in denial)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on