liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
detour; circumvention; turning movement
lying down; down!; lie down!
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to come and go; to go back and forth
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
not caring; not giving a damn
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
threat; intimidation; menace
comfort; consolation; diversion
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
minority group (party); minority
society; the world; the times
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
change in appearance; transformation
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
majority group (party, faction)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to pile up; to accumulate
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback