indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to become vulgar; to coarsen
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
since one was born; (in) all one's life
to wring the neck; to strangle
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
if you think about it; come to think of it
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to brush off; to shake off
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
sound of a camera shutter; sound of water splashing
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control