to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
square; formal; prim; stuffy
rationality; reasonableness
to soak into; to permeate
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
grudge; complaint; reproach
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
viewing as a problem; problematizing
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to listen to in an ecstasy
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither