to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
when; how soon; how long until
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
news programme; news program
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
superiority complex; sense of superiority
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish