sense of humor; sense of humour
of great promise; with a promising future
to make laugh; to set to laughing
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
longing for; burning desire
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
moving tale; impressive tale
mourning (dead persons); memorial
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
rounding (fractions); rounding half up
life or death; existence; destiny
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope
authentication by facial recognition
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
telecommunication equipment
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
composition; setting (of music)
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid