to get out of shape; to lose shape
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to look away; to turn away
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
cleavage (in embryology); segmentation
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
retort; back talk; backchat
everybody; every last one of them; all
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
one's real father; natural father; biological father
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident