hearsay; rumor; grapevine
history; pedigree; lineage
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
spoken language; colloquial expression
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
useless; vain; aimless; idle
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to crumble away; to collapse
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
bank; weir; embankment; levee
lumping together; putting all together
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section