United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to show; to bare (the teeth)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
frequent; densely packed; thick
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to raise one's voice; to shout
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
student (esp. a university student)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
softness; gentleness; weakness
arrogant; haughty; calm; placid
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
gale; strong wind; high wind
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
up until now; as recently as the present
major incident; major happening; big scandal
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to overdo; to do too much