to wear glasses; to put on glasses
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
leading person; foremost figure
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
highest level; high-water mark
in case of; at that time; at this time
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
(tactile) feel; sense of touch
general; popular; common; typical
rival; competitor; competition
synthesis rate; synthetic rate
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose