stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to surge; to well up; to gush out
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
fall; drop; descent; coming down
police officer; policeman; constable
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to take someone's life; to kill someone
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
cannot be helped; unavoidable
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency