to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
first meeting; first interview with
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
discretion; prudence; good sense; judgement; judgment; wisdom
very much; very many; more and more
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
promotion; raising of status
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
long ago; a long time ago; already
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
appointed time; timetable; schedule
successively; one after another