eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
difference; disparity; gap
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
silence; stillness; quietness
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
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
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to punish; to penalize; to penalise