to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
help; assistance; service
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
to have a reason; to have an excuse
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
illegal channel; back channel; black market
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
some people; a few people; several people
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
throughput; processing power
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
indescribable; having no way to express
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
child's tear-stained face
(someone else's) child; child; kid
cease-fire; truce; armistice
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
head; brains; intellect; understanding
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
change in appearance; transformation
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to think of; to come up with
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode