to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
defeating in an instant; instant kill
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
to take back; to recapture
several types; several kinds; several species
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
variation in color (colour); having a different color
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
self-justification; excuse
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
alternately; by turns; one after the other
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
presumption; assumption; estimation
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
calm; composed; leisurely
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture