to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
instability; insecurity; crankiness
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
friction; discord; strife
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
anything and everything; just about everything
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
being in love with each other
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to feel uneasy; to worry (about something)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
had better ...; had better not ...
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to blow through; to blow across