reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
to make up one's mind; to calm oneself; to be patient; to endure
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
such; this sort of; like this
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
attitude control; postural control
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
inferior goods; faulty item
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to rush back; to run back
offender; criminal; culprit
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
convenience; handiness; usefulness