virile; tough; masculine; intense
to make merry; to be festive
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
engagement; business; affair; use; need
proposal; offer; request; application
being in love with each other
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
to relapse; to reassert; to review
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
this (very thing); this precisely
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
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 make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign