lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to speak; to hear a voice
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
relation; connection; affinity
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
eccentric; crank; oddball
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
effect; result; worth; use; avail
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out