light; easy; non-serious; minor
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to crouch; to squat; to cower
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
will not do; do not; does not
moment by moment; hour by hour
president (of a society); chairman
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
way of solving (a problem); solution
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
to pretend; to act (as if)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous