being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
egosearching; egosurfing; self-googling
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
explosion; rupture; break off
in that manner; like that
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
way of talking; speaking style
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
pronunciation; production of sound
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to punish; to penalize; to penalise