to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
author; writer; novelist; artist
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
interruption; suspension; break
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
authenticity; credibility
for (some) doubtful points to remain
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
near oneself; close to one; familiar
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
not worth considering; out of the question
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
region; limits; stage; level
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance