cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
general public; the masses
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
programme; program; plans; arrangements
(picture) frame; architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; forecast
even without doing; even without being
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl