nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
the real criminal; true culprit
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
two days later; day after next; next day but one
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
recollection; reminiscence
feebleness; weakness; weak
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
private person; individual
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
hooting; jeering; heckling