great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
weave; weaving; woven item
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
tedious; boring; being fed up with
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
done; just done; just finished
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
the same grade; same class
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
generation; the world; the age
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)