poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to taste; to try (food or drink)
considerably; fairly; quite
now that; since; so long as; because
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
leader; guide; mentor; coach
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation