to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
casual speech; peer language; informal language
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
patterns of thinking; train of thought
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
tendency; trend; inclination
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
(arch.) red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); deer
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)