obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
elevator landing; elevator hall
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
alternately; by turns; one after the other
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
demanding; difficult; strict
technology; technique; technical
prizefighter; pro boxer; professional boxer; pugilist
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
top of the head; crown of the head
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
independent action; acting alone
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to get distracted; to jump off the track
lock-opening; lock-picking