understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to push aside; to brush aside
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
fully armed; armed to the teeth
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
confidence; trust; faith; credit
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to invite in; to show someone in
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
senior high school; high school
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to spit out; to eject; to dump
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
reality; actuality; hard fact
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum