Norse magic

wooing the most beautiful wench in the village may make you enemies around.

teeth disfigurement and their crooked appearance.

What is resin used for? What can be made from resin?

Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

nail clipping, grass clippings. A friend sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with. This hedge could use a little clipping.

I'm not prepared to give credence to anonymous complaints. His bruises added/lent credence to his statement that he had been beaten.

The priest asked the congregation to kneel. Furthermore, there are churches which do not address the issues of contraception to their congregation.

the spring/ autumn equinox

This cairn over there look as something of a tribal religious center.

soothsayer

a litter of kittens

I am a little anal about some things. an anal stickler

Thoreau is one of those who pioneered the style of living today associated with hillbillies

He's always ranting (on) about the government. I get fed up with my mother ranting and raving (about my clothes) all the time.

a cell membrane

Healthy dietary habits are very important. dietary fiber

wing's span. His presidency spanned 8 years. Her research spanned much of the continent.

My job's been downgraded to that of ordinary editor. We can't let the management downgrade the importance of safety at work.

Once we played crazy golf in a howling gale. The hurricane's howling destructive winds just missed the island. howling success. The wolves howl to the moon.

I never smack my children. I'll smack your bottom if you don't behave yourself. I smacked my head on the corner of the shelf. to hit something hard against something else:

I was so nervous, I just started talking gibberish. At some point she started to blither gibberish

Trupin is thought to be in the Caribbean, although his exact whereabouts are/is a mystery.

"I can't go out because I'm grounded." "I feel for you." I feel for the gingers because in the couple of years they will fully extinct.

My girlfriend thinks boxer shorts are sexier than briefs.

The bomb laid the city centre to waste.

I feel like I've been cooped up in this flat for days.

human excrement. Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body.

morning dew. My lawn is shining with dew

I want her only to make a good show on the gallows

The hollow glass tank contains hot mercury vapor. Poisonous vapors burst out of the factory during the accident.

The woods have an aura of mystery. There's an aura of sadness about him.

He was amazingly spry for a man of almost 80...(especially of older people) active and able to move quickly and energetically:

In the past, a woman needed to be chaste to make a good marriage. They exchanged a few chaste kisses (= not expressing sexual desire).

She bridled at the suggestion that she had been dishonest. Polly saddled and bridled her favourite horse.

Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline pilots' strike

"Expectations vs. reality" types of videos are like instant butthurt to him

a coastline with many indentations

Every time he reached the top, the boulder would roll back down.

He's grammatical language competence is not on a par with those related to communicational language skills.

news that bolstered his spirits. lay bolstered up in bed. He adjusted his bolster and went to sleep. His speech bolstered the morale of the army.

a strict disciplinarian, the rancher would rawhide his disobedient sons until they were black and blue

Every restaurant wine list has a sweet spot where you'll find the best bottles at the fairest prices.

The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spill.

Deer velvet contains multiple substances including the female sex hormones estrone and estradiol. It also contains substances that might help cells grow and function.

cryptic colouring of some animals enables them to stay unnoticed by predators. I got a cryptic text message from Sam.

One more piece of cherry cheesecake, please.

roided-out strawberries

My new car is heavy on gas, I wasn't expecting that. Her old laptop is heavy on energy.

I think his parents are being a bit heavy on him.

These two types are usually referred to as asexual and cyclically parthenogenetic, respectively.

Please tender the exact fare. The health minister has tendered her resignation (= has offered to leave her job). The council has invited tenders for the building contract. to invite tender

He always parrots what she says.

a staunch friend and ally He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender/supporter of civil rights. The country's asylum laws were amended to staunch the flow/flood of economic migrants. Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.

The sauce coagulated as it cooled down. The venom of this snake coagulates the blood.

Critics are trying to ratchet up public pressure on lawmakers. Presidential power often acts like a one-way ratchet: It can be increased far more easily than it can be reduced. The bolts can be removed with a ratchet.

seed pods

you may make jokes of astrology or get laid. Do you seriously think you'll get laid today?

He doesn't turn me on. I hope I can turn the board on with my idea.

I was just fiddling around in the kitchen. fiddled around with the engine for hours. fiddled with the radio knobs

The pulling down of the Berlin Wall infused the world with optimism. The arrival of a group of friends on Saturday infused new life into the weekend. Allow the tea to infuse for five minutes.

a big wedding celebration with all the trimmings the traditional trimmings of fame/success. I bought a new set of trimmings for Christmas.

Her hazel eyes must be the exact shade — one that hardly any camera could capture right

In case of trouble, invoke me

She tapped the Christmas tree with an axe. you may barley tap the surface of the bark to extract a sap out from a birch tree. You can't tap me. It's illegal.

According to witnesses, the altercation between the two men started inside the restaurant. altercation betweens many family branches, all descending from the royal dynasty.

a contract with wiggle room for further negotiations. students are allowed considerable latitude in choosing courses

when his belt broke, he was forced to use string as a makeshift. EXPEDIENT may apply to any device or contrivance used when the usual one is not at hand or not possible.

He thanked his mother for being unconditionally supportive. She apologized unconditionally. the unconditional love that parents feel for their children unconditional surrender

I really admire his pen because it's so professional. My father built a new pen for our pigs. Take the cows to the pen and lock it.

The firm was commended for its financial prudence. Everyone agreed that panic wasn't called for, prudence was.

You'd better buckle up. I don't want to get a ticket. The study said 52 percent of motorists in the states still do not buckle up.

He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny.

She trumps over all of them, and is perfectly aware of that.

the fable of the tortoise and the hare

A corkscrew is spiral-shaped. With one wing damaged, the model airplane spiralled downwards. Spiralling costs have squeezed profits.

If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.

munificent donors. suggests a scale of giving appropriate to lords or princes. a munificent host who has presided over many charitable events at his mansion

usurer. usurious interest rates Store cards may charge usurious rates, but they are not designed for taking extended credit.

She had heard the sonorous voice in the next room. "I am happy to be here," he said in his sonorous voice.

He has tried to calumniate and destroy everyone whose opinions differ from his. Calumny

The ending will blow you away.

No one wants to admit it, but this issue is the elephant in the room. Their strange relationship is an elephant in the room.

After John had found out the truth about Alex, it all went downhill.

I was a pudgy child.

As a result, the campaign's cost has gone through the roof.

Many fertilizers contain nitrogen compounds. Her terror was compounded by the feeling that she was being watched. His financial problems were compounded when he unexpectedly lost his job.

This requires adequate time for topical anaesthesia of the airway. The operation is performed under anaesthetic. The procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain in part of your body).

Her hands were covered in dust and she had a black smudge on her nose. The gardener smudged her dungarees. Smoke smudged in the distance

a cure-all wonder drug

His rudeness when we first met didn't dispose me very kindlyto/towards him

The scarcity of skilled workers worries the government. There are food scarcities in most regions of Africa. the scarcity of skilled workers

The group had a meteoric rise to fame in the 70s. Her political career has been meteoric.

She'd had a couple of drinks and was feeling horny. Birds have horny beaks. horny skin of a tortoise

A nuclear war has turned the world into a wasteland.

Winter squash are actually harvested in autumn rather than winter, but can be kept for several months. The best known by far of the winter squashes is the pumpkin.

His best friend is a horndog who's been married several times.

Choking the chicken is a classic.

She gave me a fierce glare. Tinted windows will reduce the glare/the sun's glare. give off glare This screen gives off a lot of glare. The sun was glaring right in my eyes.

She used her house as collateral for a loan. collateral senses of a word a collateral branch of the family