to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
guardians; parents; father and older brother
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
victim; injured party; sufferer
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
present continuous tense; present progressive form
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of