punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
personal grudge; personal enmity
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
subordination; dependency
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
other than; excluding; without
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
one's person; around one's person
poisoning; kill by poison
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
confidentially; privately; off the record
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)