laws of nature; physical laws; physics
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
courting; wooing; making advances
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
solitude; loneliness; isolation
hard worker; hardworking person
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
apt to think; tend to think
steady; firm; solid; secure
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to join forces; to cooperate
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
(computer) command; command key; commando
riparian works; flood-control works
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity