(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
beauty contest to name Miss ...
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
while; during (the time when)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
considerably; greatly; a lot
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
healthy; sound; wholesome
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
well-bred; of good upbringing
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic