phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
eating; bite (in fishing)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
way of solving (a problem); solution
to sit for an examination
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
clarification; definition
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support