stop messing around!; get real!; stop screwing around!; screw you!
newspaper reporter; print journalist
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
scene; sight; scenario; setting
one-year-old; one year old
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
pardon me for leaving (first)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
what's that?; what the ...
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
according to plan; as planned
for lack of anything better to do
high rating; good reputation
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
chief; main; principal; major
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
ideally; if one were to wish for more
under development; in development
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root