all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
largest class; top category
world; society; people; the public
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
advance; moving forward; progress
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to shed light; to cast light
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
spine; backbone; spinal column
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box