misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
a considerable number; a fair number
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
offense; offence; method of attack
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
much less; to say nothing of
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to hunger for love; to starve for love
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
headlock (wrestling move)
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
several minutes; a few minutes
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
conduct; behavior; behaviour