hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
commitment; pledge; promise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
onset of an illness; falling ill
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to develop into a serious incident
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
nine times; twisting around many times
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
true state; actual condition; reality
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
firm; unshakeable; resolute
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to intend; to be sure that
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent