no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
with a clink (click, clack)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
article to be delivered; present
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
isolation; being alone; being friendless
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
unable to resist; unable to suppress
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
coordinator; coordinating role
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
a considerable number; a fair number
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
greater than ...; bigger ...
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to shake off; to throw off
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to be parted from; to be separated
floor above; floor upstairs
crown; diadem; bottle cap
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling