resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
rather; sooner; preferably
hegemony; leadership; initiative
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
give-and-take; give and take
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
transparency; degree of clearness
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
free translation; liberal translation
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order