bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
contract; compact; agreement
offense; offence; crime; punishment
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to prostrate oneself (before)
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to leave as is; to ignore
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to violate; to (sexually) assault; to rape
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
feeling; sense; impression
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
sports-minded; sports-oriented
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell