highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to loiter around; to wander about
experiential; empirical; experimental
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
side door; side gate; wicket gate
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
to backfire; to have a harmful result
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
application; application software; application; putting into use; application; request
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
plump; chubby; voluptuous
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
race track; course; express trail
practical problem; practical matter
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice
to raise one's voice; to shout
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art
support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on