pleased to make your acquaintance
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
lost article; something forgotten
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
leaving all your textbooks, etc., at school
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
stinging (barbed) words; harsh language
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
supporting role (actor); minor role
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
all around; as far as the eye can see
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
work; business; company; study
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for rules; rule; regulation
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)