single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
violent emotion; passion; fury
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to keep away; to keep at a distance
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
perfect; complete; flawless
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
family; relatives; dependents; household
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
to take someone's life; to kill someone
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
quiet; still; surreptitious
different opinion; objection
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
rather; better; instead; if anything
lately; recently; these days
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to yearn for; to pine for
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine