to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
general idea; concept; notion
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
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 push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to tear off; to strip; to rob
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to cause a person trouble
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
decision; settlement; definition
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to squash; to crush; to flatten
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to look down on; to make light of
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
just one person; only one
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
perception; sensation; awareness
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious