to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
bank; weir; embankment; levee
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
self-exile; going into hiding
bustle; crinolette; hip pad (football); loin guard (armor); tasse
to be to the point; to be pertinent
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
prefabricated; knockdown; demountable (e.g. motor); flatpack (furniture)
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
mild; mild-mannered; gentle
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
(at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
along the river; riverside
wale (on the skin); welt; weal
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
compulsory military service
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
trifling matter; urination; urine