skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
to feel deeply ashamed (of)
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
work; job; labor; labour; business; task
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
division; section; classification; sorting; division
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
high and low; rise and fall
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
control of the air; air supremacy
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
guess; speculation; supposition
haughty; holding one's head high
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
towering; astonishingly high
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
endurance; perseverance; patience
independent; responsible; active; subjective
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
first of all; first thing
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
agreement; assent; Norway
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering