to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
vexing; irritating; impatient
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
palatial residence; stately mansion
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
intimacy; affection; familiarity
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
party-internal; within the party
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of