to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
water vapour; water vapor; steam
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
being startled; getting a shock
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...