pursuer; pursuing party; posse
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
23rd day of the month; 23 days
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
(physical) growth; development
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
loser; defeated person; the defeated
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
about; concerning; related to; -ish
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
examine (investigate into) a person's history
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
defense; defence; protection
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
confusion; distraction; derangement
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
yuan (monetary unit of China)
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous