to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
power; might; authority; influence
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
100,000; hundred thousand
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
old friend; familiar face
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
release; emission; ejection
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to be born; to come into the world
to happen to have on hand or in stock
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to grow; to develop; to grow up