on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
utmost limits; extremity; limit
stimulating; exciting; provocative
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
jumping about; rampancy; domination
unheard-of; unprecedented
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
general; popular; common; typical
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
to chase; to run after; to pursue
peril; danger; hazard; distress
indolence; laziness; sloth
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
whispering into a person's ear