growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to knock down; to knock off
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
laughing foolishly; cackling
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
drama; play; powerful drug
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to invite in; to show someone in
correction; rectification; mending; repair
pointing out; identification
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
eco bag; reusable shopping bag
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
dealing with; coping with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into