harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
until now; so far; up to the present
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rather; better; instead; if anything
proper; respectable; decent; honest
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to stare back at; to look back at
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum