training; drill; practice; discipline
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to look away; to avert one's eyes
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to shout (in anger); to yell
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to brave a danger; to take a risk
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
even if; even though; however; no matter how
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
unless one ...; if one does not ...
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to put one's life on the line
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)