to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
small sum (of money); small amount
to have the memory of having done something oneself
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
family doctor; family physician; primary care physician; general practitioner; GP
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
accusation; complaint; charge; suit; legal action; legal proceedings
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
to scam; to defraud; to swindle; to cheat