dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
to be harvested; to be picked; to be able to harvest; to be able to pick
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
messenger; envoy; emissary
being all smiles with joy
death penalty; capital punishment
dead letter; meaningless writing
citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. September 22, falling between Respect the Elderly Day and the Autumn Equinox Holiday)
profligate; licentious; of loose morals; emotional; passionate; sentimental
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
day (as in holiday); daytime
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
ups and downs; up-and-down
to give; to do (something) for
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
wooden fence; board fence
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
rather; sooner; preferably
boxer (fighter); boxer (dog breed)
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
freedom; free man; free woman