stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
match (to light fire with)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
space; interval; space character; whitespace
concealment; suppression; hiding
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
to be found; to be discovered
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
though; notwithstanding; although
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
summer vacation; summer holiday
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)