living thing; organism; creature; biology
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
short pause; short interval
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
retention; maintenance; preservation
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to serve; to work for; to attend
unqualified; without qualifications
sad; wretched; deplorable
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
one end; an end; part; fragment
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link