prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
low (level, value, price, etc.)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
living thing; organism; creature; biology
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to fall flat; to fall face down
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to watch over; to watch attentively
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
way; method; means; resource; course
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
victim; injured party; sufferer