obedience; submission; resignation
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
Leo (constellation); the Lion
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro
shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home
penis; with a tinkle; with a jingle; with a whistle (of a kettle); sitting up and begging (of a dog); juvenile black porgy; children's game in which one hops on one foot
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
ascending and descending; going up and down
under the staircase; understairs
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
headache inducing; vexing
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to have a smattering knowledge of
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
affidavit; deposition; testimony
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
blankety-blank; bleep; yada yada; xxx
standard; basis; principle
change; alteration; modification
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
20th day of the month; 20 days
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)