my; one's own; personal; privately owned
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
big frame; large figure; huge body
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
right in the middle (of); midst; height
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
drop (candy); drop (fall); curve ball with a vertical drop; dropping (an unplayable ball); dropping (mouse gesture)
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
firm promise; definite promise
discretion; judgement; judgment
acknowledge; acceptance; admission
troublesome; pain in the butt
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop