awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
almost every day; almost daily
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
(committee) chairman; president
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
fine weather; fair weather
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll