just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
strong point; forte; merit; strength
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage; spraying water (on); hosing
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
excellent answer; clever answer
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
personal; individual; private
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
breasts; buttocks; (lit.) two hills
sugar content (e.g. in degrees Brix)
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture