ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
deed; act; work; performance
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
system; institution; organization; organisation
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
convenient; handy; useful
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
validity; verification; propriety
the whole year; all the year
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to straighten up; to sit upright
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
hating; strongly disliking
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
military force; military strength
supreme leader; ultimate leader
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much