curiosity; inquisitiveness
half and half; fifty-fifty
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
individual; private person; personal; private
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
(period of) a year; during an era
estimate (of costs); budget
to blow off; to be blown off
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
one end; an end; part; fragment
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
outsider; someone outside of a group
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
considerably; fairly; quite
seasoning; flavour; flavor
otherwise; if not; or else
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do