skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
back side; back end; posterior; rear
anything and everything; just about everything
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
conviction; belief; confidence
street; quarter; district; area
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
connection; link; relationship
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
sudden change; complete change
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something