to become better; to improve
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to shout (in anger); to yell
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
inundation; submersion; flood
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power