scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
wish; desire; ambition; choice
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
survival; survivor; relic
prize money; monetary award; reward
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
freedom; free man; free woman
point in common; common feature
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
system; institution; organization; organisation
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly