thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to keep (a person) waiting
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
thorough; exhaustive; complete
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
lacking potential for advancement; no-hoper
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to live through; to survive
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes