to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
to see through; to see the true nature of something
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to kick (at someone, something)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
don't worry about it; forget about it
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
(brute) force; using all one's might
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
one grade; first-class; primary
human; human-like; as a person
to become keen on; to get passionate about
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)