way of speaking; intimation
intelligence gathering; information gathering
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
odds and ends; all; every
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
snake; serpent; large snake
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
risky; dangerous; insecure
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
tone (of voice); manner of talking
profligate; licentious; of loose morals; emotional; passionate; sentimental
interest in men; itch for men
common knowledge; well-known fact
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to have an eye on; to zero in on
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
quarrel; dispute; argument
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to experience hardship; to suffer a bad experience; to be put in a tough spot
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be flexible; to be accommodating
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition