carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
it is I who should say so
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
family; members of a family
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
to jar; to creak; to grate
heating power; thermal power; firepower
unprecedented; never seen before
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
personal appearance; character; personality
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
rating; classification; allocation; grading
war; fighting; fierce competition
armed might; military power; the sword; force