cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden
(right at the) side; just beside
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
modern person; people of today
taste; flavor; taste; liking
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
lightly; easily; carelessly
running as fast as one can
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
study of foreign languages; linguistics
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
reopening; resumption; restarting
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus