facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
very; greatly; exceedingly
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
set of three; three sets; three classes
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
practice; practising; training; study
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
such; this sort of; like this
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
re-covering; repapering; reupholstering
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago