suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
sobriety; soberness; sober face
failing mark; failing grade
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
old woman; joker (in old maid)
mangy cur; low animal; beast
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to strangle; to constrict
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
to be pretentious; to put on airs
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
elder sister; effeminate man
to jest; to clown (around)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to cause a person trouble
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to take away; to carry off
wax figure; wax doll; wax model; waxwork
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
expression of love; showing love
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion