to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
to brandish; to flourish; to wave; to swing; to shake at
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
enough is enough; no further!
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
something; some kind of; for some reason
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to wring the neck; to strangle
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
the front; honest; upright; decent
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to squeeze; to bind; to wring; to screw in (e.g. a bulb)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
place to go; person to turn to; person to depend on
to live through; to survive
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
outsider; someone outside of a group
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared