yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
both hands; both arms; ten
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
settlement; solution; resolution
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to be smeared; to be covered
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
after all; because; but; even; too; as well