to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
wherein; therein; thereinto
elementary; basic; rudimentary
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
mixed race; mixed parentage
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
please; somehow or other; one way or another
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to spit out; to eject; to dump
man; male; masculine gender
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening