unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
messenger; envoy; emissary
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
special; particular; peculiar; unique
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
way of calling (something or someone)
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
first meeting; first interview with
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
such; this sort of; like this
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
comparison; something worthy of comparison