dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
street at night; making a night journey
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
carp streamer; carp banner
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
essence; true nature; substance; reality
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
office building; office complex
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
willpower; energy; vitality
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
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