setting a bad example to others
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to temper thoroughly; to train well
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
multi-purpose auditorium; multi-purpose hall
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
breeding; raising; rearing
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
unprecedented; never seen before
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)