tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
full dress; formal dress; uniform
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
claws and fangs; claws and tusks; clutches; devious design; pawn; stooge
to kill; to choke the life out of
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
going to and fro; back and forth
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
technology; technique; technical
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to fall off; to tumble down
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
dangerous driving; reckless driving
the five fingers; leading five; top five
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
popular name; common name; given name
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour