left breast; left side of the chest
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
if you think about it; come to think of it
limited; limiting; restrictive
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
very loud volume; megavolume
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
arrears; late fee; delinquent account charge
covered with; stained; smeared
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to be itching to put one's skills to use
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
senility; dotage; decrepitude
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to crumble away; to collapse
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again