contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to temper thoroughly; to train well
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
(romantic) trouble with women; calamities brought upon a man by a woman
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to read (a person's) physiognomy
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
lacking a plan; haphazard
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
shady; underhanded; questionable
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation