to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to make merry; to be festive
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
using all one's strength; using all one's might
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
devoted; self-sacrificing
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to squeeze out; to wring out
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
flying; false start; doing something before the scheduled time or date; breaking the street date
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
high laced shoes or boots
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous