stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
house built on sand; house of cards
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
performance of one's official duties
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
gale; violent (strong) wind
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
ten (long cylindrical things)
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
even so; anyhow; at any rate
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something