to read the situation; to sense the mood
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
recovery; undoing; recall
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to squash; to crush; to flatten
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to know personally; to have personal knowledge of
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to sink (into); to get depressed
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
control; check; restraint; inhibition
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
individual; private person; personal; private
serious accident; major incident
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)