state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
chilly; unpleasantly cold
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
a little; a bit; slightly
to thrust before; to thrust at
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
program (e.g. TV); programme
tenement house; row house
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
division by 1000; one-thousandth
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
indictment; prosecution; complaint
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
this (very thing); this precisely
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction