changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to thrust before; to thrust at
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
versatile entertainer; all-round performer; person skilled in their craft
stone (used for throwing)
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
pretension; assumption (of a title)
to be all out; to exhaust
undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
foolish idea; (one's own) idea; my humble opinion
to teach; to take a teaching job
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
female company president; female CEO
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
basement floor; underground floor