fort; stronghold; fortification
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
teacher; instructor; professor
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
self-defense; self-defence
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
receptionist; reception woman
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to creep about; to crawl around
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite