devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to flare up; to burst into flames
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
regarding highly; attaching importance to
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
(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"
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
supply; provision; service; supply
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to escape death; to be saved from death
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
devolution; delegation of authority; transfer of power
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to check; to stop; to keep back
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
button (clothing); push-button; button
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
first time; first; initial
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop