leaving work (office, school) early
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
most difficult; next to impossible
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
sad to say; how sad; alas
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)