scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
sovereign; emperor; monarch
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
true character; real nature
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to shout (in anger); to yell
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to happen to have on hand or in stock
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
your body; your health; yourself; you
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise