close-fitting trousers; long underwear
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
rather; sooner; preferably
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
lately; recently; nowadays
main force; brute force; strong-arm
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
if it is the case that ...
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
just because; even if; even though
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to recall; to remember; to recollect
shameless; shameless person
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose