(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
very much; exceedingly; extremely
creakily; with a grating sound; packed full; crammed; with no room to spare
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
the place for; the time for; the level of
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to get strong; to gain strength
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to blow out; to spout out
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
along the way; along the road
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to breathe out; to exhale
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)