to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to be smeared; to be covered
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
family; relatives; dependents; household
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
shady; underhanded; questionable
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
everybody; every last one of them; all
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to run up to; to rush over
distinctive; characteristic
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
how many people; a number of people