to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
standard; set; routine; decided
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to smile (at); to grin (at)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
day after day; day by day
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
long ago; already; a long time ago
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
treating (someone) like an object
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to order; to command; to appoint
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization