deadly serious; deadly earnest
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
many children; large family
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
dilapidated house; deserted house
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
creak; squeak; creaking sound
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to face on; to look out on to
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
colleagues; cronies; merry men
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes at (someone); to ogle
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
tenement house; row house
dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
right angle; perpendicular
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge