stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
maintenance; preservation; improvement
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
dry riverbed; river beach
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
face contorted and about to cry
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
bribe; sweetener; douceur
routine; routine duties; routine work; routine
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(not) even once; (not) ever
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce