grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
on time; on schedule; punctually
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
Dostoevskii; Dostoyevskii
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
law of nature; natural law
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
nine; team; players on a team; no
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
six; sixth (interval, chord)
horror film; horror movie
in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine
to take back; to recapture
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind