ending up right back where one started
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
contradiction; inconsistency
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
specialization; specialisation
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
dispersing; breaking up; running away
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
in low spirits; dejected; sad
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
and yet; though; when; in spite of
one after another; in rapid succession
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
craving for the limelight
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
measure to win somebody over to one's side