conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
(coat) hanger; hangar; hunger
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
almost not able (to do something)
hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
firmly (grasped); latched onto; locked onto
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
clothing; articles of clothing; apparel
Central and South America
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
football juggling; soccer ball juggling; lifting (in a rugby line-out); (breast) lifting surgery
this one; with this; in this way
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation