to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
situation of one's own doing
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
certainly; surely; definitely
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip