roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
to eat too much; to overeat
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
difficult to eat; unpalatable
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to take the law into one's own hands
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
easily; in no time; effortlessly
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
imprisonment; incarceration
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
that is to say; so that means
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
drunkenness; intoxication
trustee; receiver; administrator
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns
that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me
written apology; written statement of regret
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all