comic books; comics; comic; comical
validity; verification; propriety
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
light; right; right field; right fielder
unprecedented; never seen before
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
lethal weapon; deadly device
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
plump; chubby; voluptuous
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
cartoon-character costume
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
by both oneself and others
finally; barely; only just; gradually
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
appearance; features; looks
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
of tender years; very young
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
being startled; getting a shock
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)