false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
drunkenness; intoxication
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
and yet; despite (all) that
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
incident; affair; happening; event
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to dye; to colour; to color
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on