clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
should; must; -able; probably; likely
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
too much; excessively; too
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
individual; private person; personal; private
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
Franz; Franc; Francis; Frantz
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
correction; revision; amendment
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)