surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
act of obscenity; obscene act; lewd act; indecent act; indecent conduct; indecent behavior
an honest man; a good citizen
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
from the beginning; from scratch
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to glare at each other; to confront each other
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
materials; data; document
general mobilization; general mobilisation
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to name; to call; to christen; to term
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
degeneration; retrogression
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
armchair theory; impracticable theory
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
arbitration; intercession; mediation
good-looking; fair; beautiful
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
if it is not ...; if it does not ...