scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
face to face; between two persons
to keep a watchful eye on
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
completely; entirely; totally
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
rubbing one's hands together
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away