pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
extremely; terrifically; super
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
sphere; circle; range; category
to notify; to advise; to inform
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to drop; to let fall; to omit
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to become distant; to recede
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain