self-consciousness; self-awareness
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
long ago; once upon a time
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
overlooking; turning a blind eye
critical (condition); serious
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to be injured; to sustain a wound
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
alteration; falsification; faking
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
marking; grading; scoring
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
way of talking; speaking style
don't worry about it; forget about it
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation