poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to stare back (at); to glare back
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
tractor; towing vehicle; driving force; leading role
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
hard to get; hard to come by
technical skill; ability; capacity
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to well up; to burst; to arise
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
several years; a few years
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
heaven and earth; top and bottom
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event