growth period (in children)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
upper half of the body; upper body
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
blighted love; disappointed love
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
journal; magazine; periodical
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to blame; to find fault with
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
finally; in the end; on top of all that
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
inattention; absent-mindedness
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result