joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
last days; the end; one's fate
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
within; inside of; less than
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to take a breath; to take a short rest
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
chance (of success); odds
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)