being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to talk (a person) down; to confute
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to come back; to bloom a second time
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
even more; still more; further
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
already; now; no longer; not any more
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself