to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to keep away; to keep at a distance
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
tune (melody, piece of music)
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly
to kick back (ball, person, etc.)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
wrapped offering (of money)
bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
match declared drawn due to injury
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
loving something but being very bad at it
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)