unnatural; affected; studied; forced
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to apologize; to apologise
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
continuation; succession; series
to become completely chilled
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
ability; performance; efficiency
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
it is I who should say so
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient); tax thief