talk; story; conversation
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
beating to death; striking dead
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
critical moment; do-or-die situation
erroneous entry; misentry; slip of the pen; writing down wrongly (a sum, etc.)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
flight; escape; running away; flying high
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
gesture; sign; hand signal
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
desperation; self-abandonment
to do someone in; to bump someone off
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to lean against; to set against