the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to stare back (at); to glare back
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to feel; to sense; to experience
follower; attendant; valet; servant
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
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
the relation of master to servant
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost