impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
pot; (volcanic) crater; buttocks; gay man; queer; faggot
to blacken; to make black
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
many people; a large number of people
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
fax; facsimile; fax machine
felt-tip pen; marker pen; felt pen
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
threatening letter; intimidating letter
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)