to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
reasoning; logic; persuasion
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
manner of using one's hands
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
objection; dissent; protest
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to pluck; to pick; to tear
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
accurate; correct; precise; exact