awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
had better ...; had better not ...
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
edict; ordinance; proclamation
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
operating expenses; budget
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
(one's) quota; assignment
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
failure; mistake; blunder
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
finished product; finished goods; completed article
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence