to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to cut corners; to be shoddy
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
curse; spell; malediction
vitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis
to sob; to be choked with tears
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
real intention; true motive; true meaning
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
reputation; respectability
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
topic of discussion; agenda
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
children's story; fairy tale
to miss a chance; to fail to do
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
standing on one leg; single leg stance
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
best friend; very close friend
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey