clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
event; phenomenon; matter
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to suppress one's emotions
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
number of times; frequency; count
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to change completely; to change suddenly
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
self-discipline; self-improvement
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to think too much; to be over-concerned
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows