earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
sublime; noble; high-minded
student (esp. a university student)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to thrust before; to thrust at
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
singing voice; (sound of) singing
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
emotional strength; force of will
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
just like; the same as; no different than
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
unprecedented; never seen before
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
one of these days; someday; one day
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
left breast; left side of the chest
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling