dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
outsider; someone outside of a group
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
appearance; air; condition; state; form
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
here and there; everywhere
composed expression; clear face
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to go into labor; to go into labour
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
only recently; just of late
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
sunlight; rays of the Sun