fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to withstand; to be able to endure
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
still; even now; to this day
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
the bottom of one's heart
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
literally; to the letter; literal
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
largest class; top category
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
murder; homicide; manslaughter
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
battlefield; battleground
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
scoundrel; rascal; villain
genuine; authentic; true; real
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary