to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
beyond this point; from now on; after this
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
chewy; springy; slowly but steadily; masturbation; fap fap
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
almost every day; almost daily
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
glove (esp. sports); globe
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
standing firm; holding out
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch