rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
standard; set; routine; decided
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
word; term; language; speech
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
employer's house; master's house
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
the right person in the right place
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear