care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
tuning (e.g. a radio, a television); channel selection
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
just the other day; quite recently
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
tediously; lengthily; wordily
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
house; dwelling; human habitation
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
geranium (usu. a cultivated pelargonium)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum