to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
absolute beginner; complete amateur
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
difference; variation; difference
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
never mind!; don't worry about it
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to be cleared of a charge
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
such; like that; that sort of; very
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
number of times; frequency; count
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to approach; to draw near
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles