sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
agreement; stipulation; contract
to take measures (against); to take steps
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
priority; order of precedence
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to join forces; to cooperate
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to lie deep in; to extend far back
district; section; sector
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to anticipate; to foresee
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
meaning; connotation; denotation
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to stay (at); to stop (at)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
innermost depths of one's heart
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to become settled; to be fixed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest