(with a) start; fright; alarm
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
pardon me for leaving (first)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
having said that; on the other hand
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
two years later; year after next
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
wherein; therein; thereinto
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
good prospects; full of hope; promising
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
supporting role (actor); minor role
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since