to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to ask a question; to ask questions
real thing; original; actual
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
offender; criminal; culprit
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
senior high school student
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
kindergartener; preschooler
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
even more; still more; further
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to raise one's voice; to shout
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)