to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
sanity; consciousness; soberness
miser; niggard; cheapskate
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
tendency; trend; inclination
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
companion; partner; spouse
future (usually near); prospects
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to ripen; to give one's everything; to make one's best effort
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
older sister; elder sister
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
punishment; judgement; judgment
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to keep a house; to run a household
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
nervousness; oversensitivity