pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
to trace back to (the origins of something)
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
someone (something) not to be trifled with
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
whereabout; about where; how much
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to