malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
thereupon; shortly thereafter
carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms; cradling; holding under one's arm
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
very young; little; childish; immature
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
serious; severe; grave; acute
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
surroundings; environs; circumference
condition; state (of health); appearance
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
physiology; one's period; menstruation
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
these guys; these fellows