fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
reputation; respectability
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
patterns of thinking; train of thought
abuse; misuse; perversion
ill will; malice; evil intent
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
how many years; how long; what year
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)