to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
serious wound; serious injury
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
official announcement; proclamation
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
a second time; again; once more; twice
to breathe out; to exhale
to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
in person; personally; directly
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
undivided attention; concentration
nothing but; none other than
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious