head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
contest of strength; trial of strength
great physical power; animal strength
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
little by little; bit by bit
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
both; both sides; both parties
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
retaining wall; breast wall; revetment
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
storehouse; warehouse; godown
digitization; digitalization
character information; character data; textual data
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
by any standard; (not) even as flattery