taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to be a matter of life or death
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
two times; twice; two degrees
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
survival; survivor; relic
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
irritation; annoyance; frustration
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
trend of the times; way things are going
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
absolutely; positively; decidedly
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry