priority; order of precedence
dealing with; coping with
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
first-rate; finest quality; the best
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to speak ill of; to disparage
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
whispering into a person's ear
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
someone; a certain person