to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to wring the neck; to strangle
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
how dare ...; how could ...; surprisingly; unexpectedly
sanity; consciousness; soberness
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
the front; honest; upright; decent
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to squeeze; to bind; to wring; to screw in (e.g. a bulb)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
the last moment; the very end
place to go; person to turn to; person to depend on
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to put one's strength into
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)