first-rate; finest quality; the best
high-grade sake; fine drink
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
protracted war; war of attrition
pride; dignity; self-worth
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
sour look; surly face; pout
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
both (people); the two of them
being completely naked; (in) one's birthday suit