hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
way of speaking; intimation
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to get one's head around; to think about
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to aggravate; to make serious
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
boarding house; school dormitory
at least; at most; (even) just
jack of all trades, master of none
something like ...; something called ...
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
bright person; talented student; prodigy
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression