hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
stick figure; stick person
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to wander about; to wander around; to hang around; to loiter
half-wit; fool; simpleton
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
loophole; crenel; gun port; porthole
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
trial; judgement; judgment
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
strangling (to death); strangulation
drunkenness; intoxication
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth