atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
another; different; separate; discrete
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
spine; backbone; spinal column
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
accursed; damned; blasted
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
several hundred; hundreds (of)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
strict order; peremptory command
even if not; even without
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
dozens; scores of; decades
looking or acting as if one owned the place
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
useless; vain; aimless; idle
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
war situation; progress of a battle
to use all one's strength (ability)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to