to not believe one's ears
hostile party; enemy side
polite; respectful; reverent
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to steal; to rob; to take away
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
too (much); overly; excessively
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
just managing; with great difficulty
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
speech; expression; wording; language
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
relation; relative; kind; cordial
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene