unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
extreme sadist; very sadistic
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
both; both sides; both parties
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
novel; story; (work of) fiction