to rebuke; to scold harshly
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
taste; liking; preference
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
will not do; do not; does not
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to bring back; to restore
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
passions; sexual desire; lust
to begin shooting; to shoot out
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle