excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
street at night; making a night journey
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
episode; anecdote; vignette
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
slapping the opponent with the open hand
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
offense; offence; crime; guilt; punishment
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky