(very) familiar; well-acquainted
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
rank (e.g. of soldiers); horizontal line
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
contest of strength; trial of strength
scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
re-education; retraining; in-service training
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
exhibition; display; putting on show
toddling; taking tottering steps
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
lecture attendance; auditing
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
to cause a person trouble
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
to get back into shape; to retrain; to rebuild; to reschool
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
patterns of thinking; train of thought
superstition; superstitious belief