fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
firm; strong; solid; stable
connection; link; relationship
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
real experience; actual observations
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
such; like that; in that way
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
pointing out; identification
mask; disguise; guise; mask
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)