care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
youthful; young; young-looking
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
twice; again; second time
to become better; to improve
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
study; research; investigation
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder; originator
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
between the pages of a book; between two books
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present