meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
stifled (laughter); simmering
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to stop talking; to be silent
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
came here; coming here; recently
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
unnatural; affected; studied; forced