feel when biting; manner of enunciation
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
selection; choice; picking out
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
inattention; absent-mindedness
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
conferring of decorations
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
at that time; in those days
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
gazing at (in wonderment)
exclusive right; sole right
king; monarch; ruler; champion
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to join forces; to cooperate
letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear