ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
please; somehow or other; one way or another
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
without permission; without notice
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
reputation; respectability
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
end; tip; extremities; terminal
(present) head of a family
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
grasp; catch; understanding
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)