absorbent cotton; cotton wool
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
drinking straight from a bottle
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
son and heir; son who will succeed one
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
fancy; fancy; imagination; whim
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
youthful; young; young-looking
outward appearance; looks
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
literally; to the letter; literal
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
unconfirmed; unidentified
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about