more and more; increasingly; all the more
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to call in; to invite; to bring in
again; once again; yet again
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
individual; private person; personal; natural person
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to not believe one's ears
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
odds and ends; all; every
literally; to the letter; literal
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
fireball; bolide; fireball
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
rival; competitor; competition
joint struggle; common (united) front
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to