burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
indescribable; having no way to express
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
small mustache; short mustache
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to be flabbergasted; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
departure; leaving; going away; recession
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
originally; by nature; from the start
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish