unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
more than anything; above all else
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
fax; facsimile; fax machine