anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
how many people; a number of people
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to resound; to make a stir
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
peduncle; pedicle; pedicel; dick; cock
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
standing tall; towering; soaring
standing close together; bristling (with)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation