nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
had better ...; had better not ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
engagement; business; affair; use; need
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
fetlock (horse, etc.); spur (chicken, etc.); cockspur; dewclaw (dog, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
to blow out; to spout out
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to harm; to cause harm to
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
early (days); initial stage; initial
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
university student; college student
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)