war; fighting; fierce competition
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
villain; baddie; the villain's part
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
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
(someone else's) daughter
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to gather; to collect; to assemble
in proportion to; just as much as
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
interruption; suspension; break
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
otherwise; or else; if not
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
morning fog; morning mist