trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
half the body; half length
battle formation; military formation
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to rise; to erect; to get up
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
passing through without stopping; passing by
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
postwar period; period after Second World War
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride