breathily (while talking)
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
it's no joke; gimme a break!
trauma (usu. psychological)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
memory; sense; experience
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
calm; composed; cool; quiet
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
confrontation; opposition; antagonism