(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
if it is the case that ...
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
way (of doing); manner; method; means
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
selection; choice; option
reopening; resumption; restarting
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy