to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
society; the world; the times
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
environment; circumstance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
of no interest; not interested
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
calamity; misfortune; disaster
very interesting; of great interest
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
in person; personally; directly
honor; honour; credit; prestige
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
to happen to meet; to come across
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
complete change; about-face
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
close; intimate; on good terms
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
difficult to ...; hard to ...
traditional; conventional
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve