inferior goods; faulty item
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
arrest; apprehension; capture
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
counter for choices, options, etc.
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
skill; dexterity; master hand
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you