to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
curiosity; inquisitiveness
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
sports-minded; sports-oriented
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
from the beginning; from scratch
correction; rectification; mending; repair
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to rank next to; to come after
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
out of character; unlike one
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food