older brother; elder brother
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to raise one's voice; to shout
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
male instincts; male frivolity
single word; a few words; brief comment
to bring back; to restore
to have a talk; to tell a story
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
failure; mistake; blunder
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
such ... as; or some such
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
beginning; outset; first; onset
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
bank; weir; embankment; levee
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to blow off; to be blown off
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry