ditch; drain; gutter; trench
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
by myself; in person; by oneself
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to give; to do (something) for
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
true character; real nature
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
until now; so far; up to the present
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to jump from one thing to another
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
stillness; repose; standing still
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up