to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to wring the neck; to strangle
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
single standard; single base; single-feature show
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
making a strange face; strange face
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
polish (jewels); cultivation
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
outside (the room, building); outdoors
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness