to look down on; to condescend
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
to jar; to creak; to grate
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related