light; faint; pale; fleeting
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
warning color; warning colour
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
threat; intimidation; menace
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
(someone else's) daughter
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
having said that; on the other hand
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
orders; instructions; directive; command
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
what do you want?; can I help you?
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
on bad terms; at loggerheads
if you think about it; come to think of it
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to become settled; to be fixed
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
had better ...; had better not ...