diverse; various; wide-ranging
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
spirit residing in the ground
class; heading; group; category
crash; smash; crunch; bang
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
interior design; interior; upholstery
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
powerful medicine; strong poison
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
casualties; the killed and wounded
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd