to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
financial circles; the financial community
the government; Administration
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
middle west; Midwest (United States)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
Pilgrim Fathers (early Puritan settlers in North America)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; brains; intelligence
jam-packed; packed in like sardines