critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to lay aside; to set aside
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
twice; again; second time
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
your husband; her husband