wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
dozens; scores of; decades
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to blow one's top
police officer; policeman; constable
(crime of) inflicting bodily injury
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to squeeze; to bind; to wring; to screw in (e.g. a bulb)
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
sign of remorse; indication of regret
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to be powered on; to be turned on
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
either way; in any case; one way or another
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)
just one person; only one
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)