to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
relation; connection; relevance
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
gradually; slowly but steadily
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
forcibly; against one's will
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to shake one's head (in denial)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to tighten; to press hard
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span