hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to pause; to have a short intermission
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to squeeze out; to wring out
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
retreating figure; appearance from behind
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any