escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
CD radio-cassette player; CD radio-cassette recorder
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
special training; intensive training; crash course
day (as in holiday); daytime
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
to leave as is; to ignore
separate; respective; different
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
nice and warm day; balmy weather
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to succeed; to bear fruit
to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; (lit.) to cross spears
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to become better; to improve
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
weather; fair weather; fine weather
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
single colour (color); monochrome
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to erase all trace of something
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny