to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
one's house; one's home; one's family
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
to thrust before; to thrust at
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
not necessarily so; is not always true
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
to bawl; to cry; to scream
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to flare up; to burst into flames
calming down; quieting down
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
turmoil; chaos; confusion
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo