self-centered; stuck on oneself
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to become keen on; to get passionate about
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
stark naked; completely naked; nude
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
evening meal; dinner; supper
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
popular person; favorite; favourite
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
soldier; combatant; warrior
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
distant; remote; isolated
visual system; ophthalmencephalon
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one