to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
moment by moment; hour by hour
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
endless; boundless; everlasting
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
divide into four pieces; one fourth
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to not take seriously; to take lightly
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
muttering voice; murmuring voice
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
hey there; I say; see here
rather; better; instead; if anything
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in