to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
dose; installment; instalment
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to throw at; to turn; to raise
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
endless; boundless; everlasting
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
concession; conciliation; compromise
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
conditions of a contract; terms of a contract
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
four characters; four letters
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
analepticum; restorative medicine
to put into the mouth; to eat
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
exactly as stated; verbatim