heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to make a vow; to take an oath
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
spread; span; expanse; extent
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to wet; to moisten; to dampen
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to join together; to combine; to join up
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
in accordance with; according to
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to run about; to rush about
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord