nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
long ago; a long time ago; already
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
(divine) providence; dispensation
nonchalant air; unruffled air
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to knock down; to knock off
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to have meaning; to be meaningful
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to become an expert; to be master at
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
close to the wall; alongside the wall
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate