choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
older brother and younger sister
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
transcription; copying; handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
conviction; belief; confidence
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
doing whatever one pleases
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
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)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to begin to walk; to set out
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
rather; sooner; preferably
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
means of transportation; transport service
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit