antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
the other day; lately; recently
difficult to ...; hard to ...
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to watch steadily; to stare
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
system; institution; organization; organisation
political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times