robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
to understand (each other); to comprehend
covered with; stained; smeared
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
importation; ingression; migration; transfection
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
very much; very many; more and more
place; room; margin; scope
amount of money; sum of money
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
everything working out as desired
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
hiding one's embarrassment
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.