to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to think too much; to be over-concerned
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
much less; to say nothing of
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
prescription (of medicine); formula
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
personal attendant; valet; maid
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
good impression; favorable impression
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
expressing one's mind; speaking out
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to blaze; to burn brightly