to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
self-interest; selfish desire
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
same generation; one's generation
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
don't worry; there's no need to worry
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)