rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
support; backing; patronage
cannot be compared with; no match for
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to collapse into; to flop onto
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
main cause; primary factor
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea