to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
sports-minded; sports-oriented
I appreciate your efforts
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
financial statement; statement of accounts
alternately; by turns; one after the other
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
oil crisis (esp. 1973 OPEC oil crisis); oil shock
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
last night; yesterday evening
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression