a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
support; backing; patronage
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
enmity; antagonism; hostility
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
menial; meanness; servility; abject
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
otherwise; or else; if not
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper
to summon; to get used to call
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water