outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
major leaguer; major league player
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
opposite side; other side; other party
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
as if nothing had happened
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
nice; likeable; desirable
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
much less; to say nothing of
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
serious look (on one's face); straight face
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
moving tale; impressive tale
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to turn completely into; to become completely
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
that; he; she; that person
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
bow hand; left hand; left side; one's left