to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
steady advance; carrying all before one
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
overhasty; rash; premature
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
action; operation; effect; function
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
selection; choice; option
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
all you have to do is; just; that's all
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
superior; superiors; senior
manners; courtesy; etiquette
thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill