to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
good-looking; fair; beautiful
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
on the occasion of; at the time of
fortune-telling; divination
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
due form; official; formality
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
large amount of money; great cost
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be contrary to one's expectations
successively; one after another
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
region; limits; stage; level
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
cooperation; collaboration
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)