independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
objection; dissent; protest
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
special; particular; peculiar; unique
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
function; facility; faculty; feature
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to whine; to make feeble complaints
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be boiled; to be cooked