to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
equality; uniformity; evenness
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
flaring up; bursting into flames
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
in low spirits; dejected; sad
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to flare up; to burst into flames
just because; even if; even though
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
pillar of fire; blazing column
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out