brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
meditation; contemplation
timing-wise; timewise; seasonal; depending on the time
left side; left-hand side
median (strip); central reservation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
spot; point; place; position
ramification; branching off
interior design; interior; upholstery
innumerable; countless; numberless
to become pale; to turn pale
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to walk in on; to tread upon
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
way of calling (something or someone)
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like; (arch.) to intermingle; (arch.) to be in disorder; (arch.) to be in disarray
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk