senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
soon; before long; in the near future
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
several shots; several blows
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to stop (plug) one's ears
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to form a group; to form a bunch
a few seconds; several seconds
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
self-deprecating; self-mocking
choices; alternatives; options
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify