to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to have a reason; to have an excuse
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
feeling; sense; impression
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to teach; to take a teaching job
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
impossible to do (although wants to)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
thought; consideration; thinking
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
carving; engraving; sculpture
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
place to die; place of death
just right (time, size, length, etc.)