to send flying with a kick
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
certainly; surely; definitely
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
a long, long time ago; very long ago
demonstration; show of force
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
a matter for speculation; only conjecture; just guesswork
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to talk to oneself; to mutter
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation