ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
crew member; crewman; crew
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to get someone to say; to make someone say
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
just one person; only one
to search for; to seek for; to look for
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes