lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
hospital gown; patient gown
to get thin; to taper off
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
hospitalization; hospitalisation
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
diagnosis; medical examination
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
melody; section of a pop song; Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass
otherwise; or else; if not
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
threatening letter; intimidating letter
person making threats; intimidator
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
property; fortune; assets
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
inside an office, laboratory, power plant, etc.
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)