respect and affection; love and respect
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
biological child; one's own child
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
oaf; blockhead; stupid person; dunce; insensitive person
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
(present) head of a family
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
resentment; indignation; anger
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
social; societal; societary
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
sounding each other out; probing each other
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
violent emotion; passion; fury
preliminary test or trial; tryout; workout; warm-up
fireball; bolide; fireball