principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
southern part; the south (of a region)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
level ground; plain; flatland
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
along the river; riverside
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
emergency stop; emergency shutdown; scram (nuclear reactor)
small hill; low hill; hillock
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
medley (of food, songs, etc.); (snow or sand) drift
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
catapult; ballista; mangonel; sling; slingshot
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
fallen angel; Lucifer; demon; Satan
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
prize money; monetary award; reward
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me