showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
impossible to do (although wants to)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
and yet; though; when; in spite of
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
still; even now; to this day
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
offering a full report to a superior