assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
useless resistance; vain struggle
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to make a speech; to address
in that manner; like that
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to stiffen; to become stiff
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to like; to love; to be fond of
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
disclosure; exposure; revelation