to give; to do (something) for
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
power; might; authority; influence
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
setting off (on a trip); departure
mountain climbing; mountaineering
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to put into writing; to write
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
collection (of art, stamps, etc.); collecting; collection (i.e. a range of new clothes); fashion show
collecting waste paper (old newspapers, etc.) and exchanging them for toilet paper
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
outward appearance; apparent
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo