to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
freedom; free man; free woman
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
restoration; repair; mending
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
I don't want to boast but
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to fulfill one's responsibilities
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to be too late; to be too slow
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
though; notwithstanding; although
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
motherland; fatherland; native country
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
blunder; slip; error; error
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to refer to; to use as reference
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
will not do; do not; does not
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
condition; situation; prospects