smirkingly; smugly; broadly
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
but; however; provided that
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
idealistic thought (argument)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
choices; alternatives; options
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
too much; excessively; too
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
motherland; fatherland; native country
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy