to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
outward appearance; looks
to limp; to drag one's feet
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to trample; to crush underfoot
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on