looking on from afar; being a spectator
to thrust at (with a knife, sword, etc.)
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
the same generation; coeval
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
to look up; to face upwards; to turn one's face upwards
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
same generation; one's generation
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
to rally; to make a comeback
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
common front; united front
hair dye; hair coloring; hair colouring
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
vacant house; unoccupied house
article; thing; object; property; real estate
female ghost; female apparition; female monster
something something; something or other
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence