new window; separate window
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
faculty of law; school of law; college of law
literary woman; talented woman
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to break into a broad smile; to relax one's face into a smile
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
Everyone is safe (all right)
increased or beefed up security
without reservation; freely; frankly
windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
person living alone; single person; bachelor; spinster; unmarried person
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to lose face; to be disgraced
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
moment to quit; way to quit
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)