to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
last ray of hope; only hope
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
alteration; falsification; faking
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
together; at the same time; same; identical
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
at the last moment; this late in the game
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
because of; owing to; due to
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once