erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
troubled face; worried expression
for one's true nature to come out
treating (someone) like an object
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
with a start; with a jump
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
self-examination; reflection
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
not worth considering; out of the question
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
practical question (problem); practical matter
calamity; disaster; misfortune
nature; property; disposition
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to become possible; to become able to (do)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation