superior; superiors; senior
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
distrust; unjust suspicion
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
correction; revision; amendment
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
maid; helper; help; assistance
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
profitable plan; good plan
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
odds and ends; all; every
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
after the end (of something); post-
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason