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
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
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
(made of) leather; leather-bound
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
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
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
treating someone like a child
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to serve; to work for; to attend
unqualified; without qualifications
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
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