straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
desperately; for one's dear life
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
reduction by half; halving
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
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 return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be mad about; to be hooked on
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding