to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
(having) life-and-death power (over)
power; authority; jurisdiction
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to think too much; to be over-concerned
proposal; offer; request; application
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to give; to do (something) for
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
settlement; solution; resolution
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to keep a watchful eye on
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to assemble; to set up; to construct
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
work clothes; business suit
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)