lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to stick it out (until the end)
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
sit-ups; exercise to strengthen one's abdominal muscles
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
to have a meal; to take a meal
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
having gone too far to turn back
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
chatter mark (machine tools)
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
every place; various places
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
actual profit; practical use; benefit
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen