carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
leader; central personage
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
dwelling; house; residence; address
iron sight (on a gun, etc.)
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
craving; longing; thirsting
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
esoteric writings; Upanishad (sacred Hindu treatises)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
useless resistance; vain struggle
opposite side; other side; other party
moving; changing residence; change of address
many problems; various problems
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer