explosive; blasting powder
cannon; carom (billiards); cannon
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
private person; individual
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
to become completely chilled
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
retention; maintenance; preservation
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
suggestion; hint; implication
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
eyes of the night; eyes asleep; at night
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time