investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
start of work; commencement; opening
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
retort; back talk; backchat
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
difficult to ...; hard to ...
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to prostrate oneself before
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to relax; to feel at home
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to forget completely; to leave behind
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly