importance; emphasis; stress
recommendation; endorsement
to get help; to enlist aid
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
lying face down; upside down; prone
male instincts; male frivolity
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to be perturbed; to be agitated
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
tolerance; broad-mindedness
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
(turned out) all right in the end
invisibly; secretly; privately
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
in proportion to; according to; depending on
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to agree on; to agree about
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
spring water; clear (pure) water
close-cropped hair; shaven head