to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
long ago; a long time ago; already
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to torment; to torture; to harass
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
stale; hackneyed; cliched
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to rock; to shake; to swing
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to have a meal; to take a meal
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber