tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
manners; behavior; behaviour
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
fluent (in a language); flowing
casual speech; peer language; informal language
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
in that way; like that; that way
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
vineyard; vinery; grape plantation
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
still (continuing); as ever; further
professionalism; professional awareness
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
any more; any further; any better; any longer
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court