smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
but; however; provided that
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
reaching; attaining; arrival
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be a matter of life or death
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
since then; from that time; ever since
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to take back; to recapture
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to tighten; to press hard
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
just because; even if; even though
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent