(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to talk; to chat; to chatter
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
true character; true heart; true spirit
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
vulnerability; weakness; fragility
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
firm; strong; solid; stable
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
choices; alternatives; options
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
just above; right overhead
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
all parts; various parts; every department
actuator; access mechanism (e.g. disk)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected