to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to shake one's head (in denial)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
here and there; in places
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
losing weight; slimming; lean person
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
distinctive; characteristic
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
land near a castle; castle town
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
eagle (Accipitridae family)
source (of supply); channel
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope
splinters of glass; glass shards
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
two-tone coloring; two-tone colouring
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin