to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to look around; to look towards (us)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
article; thing; object; property; real estate
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
man who indulges women; gentleman; feminist
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
slowly and quietly; smoothly
sleeping pill; sleep medication
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
alone; by oneself; on one's own
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
hair on the back of one's head
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
to jar; to creak; to grate
ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to taste; to try (food or drink)
specialization; specialisation
threshold; breaking point
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance