marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
curse; spell; malediction
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey
material for experiments; experimental material
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
absorption; suction; attraction
to need; to demand; to take; to require
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
unable to let go (e.g. of one's feelings); stuck in the past; regretful; irresolute
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
death from disease; death from illness
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
quarrel; dispute; argument
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die