ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
of course; certainly; naturally
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
life; living; I; me; student
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
chilly; unpleasantly cold
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
this and that; one thing or another
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
calling by name; designation; nomination
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)