halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
grandfather; male senior-citizen
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
general; popular; common; typical
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
in public; in company; in the presence of others
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
large amount of money; great cost
bulging (esp. stomach); sticking out
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn