working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
slope; slanting surface; bevel
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
distortion; falsification; perversion
head over heels; headlong; head first
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to look down on; to make light of
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
social; societal; societary
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter