to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
(present) head of a family
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
nice; likeable; desirable
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
genital organ; genitalia; sexual organ; reproductive organ
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
Leith; Leys; Raysse; Reiss
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
higher rank; better position
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on