someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
self-control; self-restraint
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something
much less; to say nothing of
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to have a relationship; to have relations
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
relationships with the opposite sex
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
crash; smash; crunch; bang
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
to neglect (e.g. one's studies); to leave unattended
mockery; derision; ridicule
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
villain; baddie; the villain's part
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
headship of a family; family property