younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
reconciliation; make peace with
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
direct control; direct supervision
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to not take seriously; to take lightly
of no interest; not interested
batter's box; one's turn at bat
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
no, not like that (but like this)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
victory or defeat; victory and defeat