to fan; to incite; to instigate
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
feeling of a house or a room
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
wounded person; injured person
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to be lacking in options; to be too few
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
incommunicative; taciturn
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
decisive battle of brief duration
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
decrease; reduction; decline
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
guard; sentinel; garrison
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
unidentifiable; unidentified
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope