to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to speak; to hear a voice
in that way; like that; that way
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
the lower classes; the common people
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
price; cost; value; worth; value
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
in person; personally; (do) oneself
rear naked choke; sleeper hold; bare hand strangle
wife and children; (arch.) wife
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to run down (stairs, etc.)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to accept; to receive; to agree
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
illegitimate child; secret love child
simple and clear; plain and simple
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to get someone to say; to make someone say
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away