loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
true character; real nature
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to die; to ascend to heaven
person concerned; interested party; related party
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
distant look; faraway look
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
if you think about it; come to think of it
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
sensual love; love affair
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
like this; in this way; as you see
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
different thing; another question; different case
physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
youthful; young; young-looking
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up