to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
10,000,000,000; ten billion
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
when it comes to; concerning
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
faking crying; crocodile tears
news; word; tidings; omen
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
solution; solution strategy
playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; (lit.) relaxing while the demon is out
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
credibility; trustworthiness
bureaucratic routine; red tape
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
intermission (between acts); interlude
to happen to hear; to overhear
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
ready-made; common-law (wife)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
number of times; frequency; count
man of the hour; woman of the hour
household; home; family; housekeeping
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly