to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
shady; underhanded; questionable
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
how many people; a number of people
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
show; exhibition; spectacle
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
innumerable; countless; numberless
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
pride in one's strength or skill
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
overall victory; championship
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
luck in lotteries; luck in raffles
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
interruption; interference; butting in
with all one's strength; with all one's might