hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
support; backing; patronage
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
perfect; perfection; perfect game
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
one's assessment of the situation
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
from here; from this place
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
don't you think?; indicates question
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
without thinking of the consequences
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
clear; precise; definite; distinct
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible