quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to care for someone; to look after someone
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
form; shape; figure; visage
glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
veneer board; plywood; joint publication
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to read the situation; to sense the mood
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)