preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment; antisepsis
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
transactions; dealings; business
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
decision; determination; resolution
all you have to do is; just; that's all
favorite; favourite; habitually used
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to need; to demand; to take; to require
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
correction; rectification; mending; repair
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
vice; immorality; corruption
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
moment to quit; way to quit
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)