sports-minded; sports-oriented
remembrance; recollection; recognition
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
(committee) chairman; president
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to give directions; to issue instructions
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
threat; intimidation; menace
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to incur someone's enmity
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...