sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
no matter how much time passes
to have a narrow escape from death
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
treating (someone) like an object
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
one's mental make-up (structure)
two guilty parties tried and punished together
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain
naivete; simplicity; innocence
(brute) force; using all one's might
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to be annoying; to be troublesome