anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
sincere; earnest; serious
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
verbal promise; one's word
to come back; to bloom a second time
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to stay calm; to keep cool
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
dancing or jumping for joy
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
remnants of a defeated army
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
profitable plan; good plan
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
art of war; strategy; tactics
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
tendency; trend; inclination
not worth doing; waste of effort
indescribable; having no way to express
these guys; these fellows
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
continuation; succession; series
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively