coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
to become desperate; to give in to despair
away from home; while travelling
rushing around; running wild
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
waste; uselessness; redundance
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
(state) apparatus authorized to use violence (e.g. military, police); instrument of violence
retort; back talk; backchat
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; stupid
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
in proportion to; just as much as
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to have a long life; to live a long time