to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
meaning; significance; sense
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
to spend time (on doing something)
using together (jointly); used at the same time
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
considerably; fairly; quite
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
good humour (humor); good mood
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
offender; criminal; culprit
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)