to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
waist; waistline; waist measurement
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
low-rise (jeans, panties, etc.)
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
sad to say; how sad; alas
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
covert action; covert operations
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
centre; center; center fielder
street; quarter; district; area
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
new book; new publication
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
form; shape; figure; morph
biological child; one's own child
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to discuss; to talk together
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
noisy; confused; uproarious
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
under-reporting (e.g. income on a tax return)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
discovery; detection; finding