gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
secret; private; surreptitious
to call together; to convene
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to burst open; to pop; to split
the very best; excellent; superb
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
basket; basketball; basket cloth
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
region of the heart; central part; heart (e.g. of a city); center
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
like a decent person; human
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)